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I am having a brainfart and cannot even think of what I need to search for....... In short I have a container made of 16 ga. steel. It will have vaccum pressure and positive pressure. It will be cyclically loaded during operation. 25 in Hg vaccum and 25 PSI of positive pressure. I know...

WV out - Passed Construction!!! Thanks for all the help!

I need a copy of ASCE 32-01, so I am hoping maybe some of you all who has it can help with this as this is a one time deal for me. I have went through all the calculations and all that is required for this shallow foundation I am designing (for myself) is a piece of extruded board insulation...

Golden Eagle, did you get a response? And I know better than to post them here, most definitely not worth the risk............

ptatohed I saw the message on the homepage. When I clicked on it, took me to log in and then into my dashboard. Today I have a mail icon on my dashboard, that wasn't there last night when I was attempting this at home.

Is it even a possibility? There were two problems on the exam, one was worded very awkwardly and I am certain the second had two correct answers. Regardless I was hoping to comment on them. I wasn't sure if it would be acceptable to do so in the survey and when I tried on the NCEES website...

I keep failing just to keep getting these awesome pencils...... Timing is about right too! Every six months its time for a new one!

Are there any good materials for understanding stake markings? I have seen a few problems on them and I am not finding much of a reference for them. I have never seen anything laid out in the field with some of the designations that are on various problems I have seen.

What an idiot. Thank You.......... I spent hours sifting through that yesterday trying to figure it out, and just missed it. Did nearly the same thing with a piling problem. I think I am getting close to overprepping, everything is starting to run together. Thanks for the extra set of eyes.

Links to problems: http://i.imgur.com/MiYpd6q.png http://i.imgur.com/rZ5hx2L.png

If you guys have the books it is practice problem on page 336 of Raj, and problem 633 of goswami. My confusion starts when calculating the soil friction and strip lengths. The standard friction equation is : 2 x ( effective vertical stress x tan(angle of friction)) x area of strip the factor...

I have/am going through the two morning exams and construction. I have found the construction exam so far to be decent. Some of the excavation problems seem cumbersome in it but everything else so far isn't to bad. (#605 had a dump time listed as (per 3cy load) is 30 seconds) which I wored...

I am struggling with his practice exams........ they just seem to be worded awkwardly. It seems like every other question I have to cheat and look at the answer because I am not sure what he is intending for you to solve for, or finding errors in in his solutions. So far I have used every...

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