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Yee-haw! My civil license # was posted last night.

ptatohed, Two opposite answers, and I am still looking for a definitive solution... have you found one? Or which do you believe, and why? After Googling, I found yet another answer, which says just ignore it; "Negative Torsional Shear – The base shear causes a shear stress that acts in the...

Glad you enjoyed reading it. It's not something I will soon forget. But once I get my PE, maybe I'll be able to afford enough therapy to repress it :beerchug:

I agree with ptatohead, there certainly is no one answer to your question, especially with as little context as you provide. However, I will suggest that a major factor on the level of difficulty you will have with the test is your experience and competence with structural engineering. Here's...

Thanks, that's what I thought. My confusion seems to have come from not noticing the difference in the design accelerations used for 12.8-2 (SDS ) and 12.8-3 (SD1)... doh! However, just to spell it out, I will need to calculate 12.8-2 regardless of period, and then check the mins and maxes, as...

Please help if you can; I have searched for this question and not found an answer. I have two references, Hiner and Mansour, that tell me that if Ts<T<TL, ASCE 7-05 equation 12.8-3 should be used, since this is supposed to provide a lower Cs than eq'n 12.8-2, which is what the designer...