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Uplift at 3 would be the only thing that would cause joint 3's negative moment to increase.

The moment would lessen at joint 3, therefore the right answer is the moment would increase at joint 4.   Initially the continuity means you have a negative bending moment at joint 3.  If theoretically, the settlement were severe enough that you lost all support at joint 3, the member would...

I had the SDRM for both the PE and SE exams... I never used it. As far as the spec, AISC 360 is required because it contains equations pertinent to design (flexural bending capacities, axial compression capacities, etc).  The steel construction manual isn't technically required because it...

I'd eat my hat if the PE exam had a problem where you were required to come up with the shear center of an object.  

Ignore historical pass rates.  I would imagine they intend for all the exams to be of approximately equal difficulty.  It's a fools errand trying to chase the "easiest" test path.  Just do whichever depth module you think you are best suited for.

That seems backwards, no?   I know nothing about georgia but it seems like it would be impossible to enforce a requirement to take the SE, before the PE if they don't recognize the SE.  If they don't have a separate license for different engineers why would they require one georgia PE to pass...

I think it's a good idea to know your way around AASHTO.  I always remind people that the SE Bridge and SE Building exams share the same 40-questions in the morning.  So just keep that in mind when prepping.

I can't speak to goswami's book as I don't have it, but in general my experience with both the PE and SE exams was that simple is correct.  This doesn't mean the questions are easy, but I would generally say if you find yourself bouncing around and trying to use multiple equations and multiple...

None yet.  I would imagine the 2018 IBC will reference it when it comes out.

I think this is really good advice. 

I'm sure the answers you'll find are going to vary widely.  I put in about 120hrs cumulatively studying for the vert&lat in april 2015, so I guess call it 60hrs for vert and 60hrs for lat.  I started studying about 1.5months in advance of the exam and put in roughly 8-10hrs per week after...

Whoops I realize now that this was posted in the structural forum... so you likely are a structural.  For some reason I thought I had clicked the WRE forum... Sorry about that.

https://www.aisc.org/Steel-Construction-Manual-14th-Ed-Fourth-Printing-Print#.WW-lc4Tytpg A structural engineer will need this manual.  If you're not a structural engineer and thinking of purchasing it solely for taking the PE, I personally wouldn't do that.  You won't need it for the Civil...

Agree with others if you have other options, just list someone else.  It certainly sounds like he's being childish and petty but no good will come of you trying to force the issue.  

Our firm has dealt with this in the past.  I would contact the state board.  Usually the response is that the experience under an SE is required if you've worked in an SE state, but they will consider work done under a PE in non-SE states as long as the work and experience are structural related.