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Try the "Bridge engineering" forum.

Oh, forgot, does anyone know of some nice vehicle templates (for free) on the web?

LA County Fire Department requirement is 25% max, with some other restrictions and requirements placed thereon. I highly recommend against anything above 15%. Particularly since you have no experience, you may still mess it up. Your client won't like when their limo bottoms out, or there...

It should be pointed out that "Fundamentals of Engineering Exam" is just that, fundamentals. There are only a few fundamental principles, everything overlapse and collapses upon these principles. For instance, statics helped me learn circuits (writing equations applying boundary conditions)...

I talked to the suppliers and CCA has been phased out of the market. Looks like the consensus is ACQ?

Hi HgTX, It reminds me of highschool students saying, "what do I need to learn that for?" The threads in the Structural Forum gave me the same irk. How can this person possibly think they're above the EIT. California is breeding mediocrity. California used to have the best schools and DOT it...

The EIT is a very easy exam to pass. If you are not able to pass the "Fundamentals" of engineering exam--perhaps you should consider another profession.

Hello, Copper arsenates are no longer being allowed. So, what is appropriate timber treatment for bridges over waterways? Is creosote allowed at all? My understanding is that creosote has been replaced by the various copper compounds. But isn't copper harmful to aquatic environments? And...

Here in California it is the same. In fact 30% of the engineers here are from your country and another 40% are from a country with a similar design philosophy as yours, but they do not speak english as well as you. At least that is my experience.

Okay, So, who is to blame for the general stupidity of engineers?

This thread is disturbing and narrow-minded. Thankfully, the architects are in charge.

This whole discussion smells fishy. Particularly the parts about shear deformation. The matrix analysis and moment distribution I use are based on plane sections remaining plane (basic beam theory). Are you sure your software analysis as well as moment distribution are appropriate? It...

I feel very safe when I walk into a building. Apparently architects are doing a good job designing buildings. What is uncomfortable is the ever increasing number of titles, laws, specifications, codes, etc...

Cherie do you have a link that summarizes these ARS curve construction? Earthquake design is like runoff analysis, lots of false precision. Ultimately, the soils engineer must specify the curve, and you must agree that it is correct, sounds like something that can be taken care of with a phone...

I wish that was my project--oh well. I only work on little teeny projects and my advice is free--about what it's worth. I would break each member into finite elements (using a spreadsheet). I could get my carry-over factors, stiffnesses and FEMs from that. Then use moment distribution...

Moment distribution and a #2 pencil? But you haven't really described the structure...

Hi FalsePrecision, No one can give even half-way legitimate answers via only internet communications, if this were possible we would all be deprived of our fee, regardless of philosophy. As to your question, the length of the pile must be long enough to prevent uplift. The only reason I wrote...

I'll say 2' diameter piles. Also take 2 aspirins and drink lots of liquids. One of the nice things about these forums is we may speak openly. But there's alway a worry wort, with a legal disclaimer, always one.

Hi geotechgal, It all of a sudden seems like I'm writing into these dirt forums a little too much--so this will be my last one. I read a soils report in the last couple months. Where the soils engineer gave the modulus and stated it was for a 1 ft x 1 ft plate and that the value given should...

Hi DRC1, With regards to the word fixed. A point of confusion for me is as follows: "Piles may be assumed fixed at 10 feet into bedrock." This is the phrase I read in a soils report a month or two ago, for designing soldier piles. My first guess is that he means the base of the piles are...