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I just ordered Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain as it is a common reference here at work. I was wondering who uses it on a reqular basis and if anyone used it during the exam.

Being exhausted from work does not help in trying to work problems at night. Anyway, as I have not worked to many HT and fluids problems lately they are taking longer than expected. Problem number 37 is one of those problems. I worked the first part fine except that they got 19.4 degrees C I...

I keep seeing conflicting information in the MERM that is not in an eratta that I can find. Note: I have the 12th edition 1st printing MERM and the 12th edition 2nd printing sample problem book. As mentioned in one of my posts, is a wide beam 8 or 10 times the thickness? The MERM says 8 or 10...

As the PE exam is now US and SI units there is a fair amount of conversions that are needed which makes it interesting when you brain is fried. Make sure you have a good conversions book with you. For example, last night I was working a problem that required the speed of sound in SI units and...

I never really thought about this during the last two exam attempts but marking up a Psychrometric chart during the exam is not allowed. I know they provide a small chart for the problems but I used my own during the exams which is 11" x 17" and much easier to read. I have noticed some NCEES...

I have taken the MD depth twice and failed by a few points mainly due to kinematics and vibration which is not my area of expertise. As a result I am thinking about switching to fluids/thermo or possibly HVAC. I am finding the afternoon problems much easier. Has anyone else stitched and did they...

I debated prior to the last exam on preparing a list of commonly used equations and material properties to reduce time in looking them up. I planed on listing the equation and the chapter in MERM where it was located. The reason I did not do this was prep time limitations and I thought that...

I have the last two revisions of the NCEES sample questions and solutions books. I have worked the problems both books and am in the process of working them again. Are there more revisions available or similar problem books out their other than Lindeburg and the six minute solutions book?

I may have to perform an impact analysis on an assembly made of steel to evaluate sheer forces on a bolted section of the assembly. I have performed drop test in the past using a drop tester and accelerometer but not an impact test. The part is pretty rigid and will be falling on a rigid surface...