Recent content by mjoneswvu

This appears to be an intersection sight distance problem. Refer to the AASHTO Green Book under intersection sight distance and refer to to a stop condition for a right turn. Hopefully this helps you.

Typically you'll get an email from NCEES which states that your results are available and that notification from the PE board will follow suit. I don't recall ever seeing results before July 1. It's good to see that the results reporting is improving.

I completed reciprocity in one State and after getting fed up with all of the paperwork and delays, completed the record and then easily obtained reciprocity in 2 other states with half the effort and headache. Not to mention that NCEES has the record online which is easy to access and report...

I got 52 questions correct using the spreadsheet on the TRASPO exam and failed. Hard pill to swallow. I'm thinking about reviewing the exam. Is there a way to contest the score (this really sucks)!!

I took the FE 6 years out of school, studied using the Lenberg FE manual, took the general afternoon and failed. My approach going into taking the general was that I could focus the time on the general and not split my study time into a discipline specific section for the afternoon. Needless...

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the problem also indicates that the discharge requested is for the 10 year storm. The problem is from an old text which is water damaged so it's tough to read (seems like I need to spend the money on a new text). I would imagine that an intensity of 5.2 in./hr...

I'm working on a run-off problem and need some help with the approach. The problem is as follows: What is the peak discharge for a 500 acre rural property given a storm duration of 4 hours. No other information is provided in the problem. What methodology is the most appropriate to tackle...

Thank you guys. The answer was most nearly v=8FPS so you got it. Much appreciated. The extra information in the problem threw me off and I wasn't accounting for the head correctly. Matt

Opps, attached is the problem. Pls. adviseproblem.doc

Attached is the problem.

I need some help solving a problem and appreciate any insight. Here goes,,,The problem has a reservoir with 20ft WSEL and has a 1ft dia. pipe exiting the bottom of the reservoir and the pipe drops 30ft over an unknown distance. Given: S=0.01, C=120, kinematic viscosity=1.217x10^-5, f=0.02...