Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam - Softcover

Giancaspro PhD PE, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591263492 ISBN 13: 9781591263494

Publisher: PPI, A Kaplan Company, 2012

Synopsis

Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam provides realistic, timed practice that leads to success on exam day. This book contains two, 40-problem exams that closely match the scope of topics, level of difficulty, multiple-choice format, and referenced standards you’ll encounter on the structural depth section of the Civil PE exam. Take each of the practice exams within the allotted four hours. Then, compare your answers to the detailed solutions.

Structural Depth Practice Exams will help you

• confidently connect relevant theory to the problem being solved
• quickly identify the correct problem-solving approaches
• intelligently utilize time-saving shortcuts
• carefully avoid common pitfalls
• calmly use the advanced solving capabilities of your calculator
• comfortably navigate through the referenced codes and standards
  
  Reference Codes and Standards

• AASHTO LRFD (2007, with 2008 Interim Revisions)   
• ACI 318 (2008)
• ACI 530 (2008)
• AISC (13th Ed., 2006)
•  ASCE 7 (2005)
• AWS D1.1 (2010)
• IBC (2009)
• NDS (2005, with Supplement)
• PCI Design Handbook (2004)

About this title

About the Author

James Giancaspro, PhD, PE, is an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Miami. He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and master of science and doctoral degrees in structural engineering from Rutgers University. He has collaborated with scientists at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to investigate high-temperature-resistant materials used in aerospace applications. He also spent several years in the Structural Damage Technology division of Boeing, where he developed test methods for composite materials and experimental programs to evaluate their durability and damage tolerance. In 2013, he received the James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award from Chi Epsilon for the southeastern United States.

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Structural Depth Practice Exams for the Civil PE Exam contains two civil PE structural depth exams designed to match the format and specifications defined by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). Each 40-problem practice exam contains two problems per page, which is the same format as you will encounter on the civil PE structural depth exam. A step-by-step solution is provided for each problem. Each solution presents the correct path needed to arrive at the answer, along with relevant assumptions, illustrations, and explicit calculations. In some solutions, multiple approaches are shown so you can see alternative methods that may be used to solve the problems.

Read the commentary to help streamline your problemsolving approach and to avoid making simple mistakes during the exam.

The solutions in this book are consistent with examapproved solving methods, as outlined in the NCEES specifications. You should work within these constraints while taking these practice exams. Steel problems on the exam can be solved using either the ASD or LRFD methods. This book gives ASD values followed by LRFD values in parentheses, and problems are solved using both methods. For concrete problems, ACI 318 App. C solving methods may not be used on the exam. Therefore, all concrete problems in this book are solved using ACI 318 Chap. 9 methods. For masonry problems involving ACI 530/530.1, only allowable stress design (ASD) methods must be used on the exam, but strength design (SD) Sec. 3.3.5 may be used for walls with out-ofplane loads.

Edition details

• Publisher: PPI, A Kaplan Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1591263492
• ISBN 13: 9781591263494
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 92