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I had Craig's soil mechanics 7th edition. And it could be good for part of the morning exam. As it does not contain dip foundation, and the Lateral earth theory section in addition to retaining wall design was not adequate in my mind, I went with Das.

Start with the fundamentals and you should master the basic topics. I did find the following NRCS website http://www.wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/w2q/...g/trng_ser.html If you scroll down you can see that they have different soil mechanics topics. Just open them browse through, print and work...

I got my Minnesota results yesterday. PE Geotech and PASSED.

I had a masters degree from an acredited university in Europe. However, since the university itself is not acredited by ABET in US, the board did not recognize my masters and did not credit me one year experience for it. In addition, because the university was not acredited, I had to demonstrate...

I am waiting for Minnesota result and shivering from the cold or just the waiting:)

You could also think of Free Float activity as the amount of time that the finish of an activity can be delayed without delaying the earliest starting time for the following activity. or FF = ES - EF FF - Free float for this activity ES - Early start of following activity EF - Early finish of...

There are many factors that affect selection of specific foundation type: Here is a quote from GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PROCEDURES FOR FOUNDATION DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES UFC-3-220-01. Chapter 3 "Selection of an appropriate foundation depends upon the structure’s function, existing...

I think this has the same typos like your previous post..... " That's full of typos, the formula for Kp is tan^2(45 + phi/2) not tan^2(45 - phi/2), which is the formula for Ka The calculated value of Kp is 3, not 0.333 (which is Ka) " Effective stress is 480 Passive pressure should be...

I am affraid jregieng has older information. Starting on October 2010 exam, not only you have to select your field, you also have to select which depth exam you want to take when you register with NCEES. That is what I did. In fact during the registration process it states clearly that during...

There are a few of struggling on finding resources that don't cost us arm and leg. I pulled the following links that could be helpful. 1. Texas A&M university has a free Video lecture that you can download in all areas. You could use these resources for PE breadth exam. The videos are in...

Do more problems. Here is a link for solved problems. http://web.eng.fiu.edu/~prieto/SoilandRockMechanics.htm Or if you wish video problems for all subjects try www.engineeringvideos.net The following may be old videos but good ones too. http://engineeringregistration.tamu.edu/tapedreviews/