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Hello guys, Civil Structural here. I failed the exam this past October with a 49/80 score. I was super bummed and thought I would never get passed this exam, I started questioning my career and what I had been doing with my life these past few years. The structural course with EET helped me a...

I thought the PM was very code heavy, more so than the last time I took it in October. I felt better this time around, the structural course I took with EET was very helpful. I felt they covered a lot of stuff that was in the pm portion. However I still thought it was a tough test, mainly...

Hi Alex, I think 12EI♢/L^3 is the shear force on the column. It is derived from the slope deflection equation Mab = 2EI/L (2○a + ○b -3♢/L) + FEMab. Due to side-sway the moment equation simplifies to Mab = -6EI♢/L^2 because ○a =○b = 0 as well as FEMab. If you draw a FBD and calculate the end...