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How is the angle of internal friction related to the water content of the soil? And when we perform triaxial tests, the UU, CD, CU type tests, they are normally for saturated samples correct? or any moisture content is possible?

I took the PE exam in Oct 2013 and passed. They had only told us pass or fail, but they did not tell us how many correct and incorrect answers.. But I know I did very good in the exam.  Is it possible to learn this score? It would be good to know... If so from where? NCEES or the state board?

Many states also accept NCEES reciprocity. My question is, as for the 5 references they (NCEES) require, do they need to be the ones from the experience period we will show to them? because mine has been many years in the past and i am unable to get references now from the ones long time ago...

Can any FL candidates out there help me, how many years of experience must be shown to FL when transferring from other state? I checked and i think it is 4 years but please verify, and also for a candidate who takes exam for first time, in FL, it is 4 years too? That is what makes me confused...

currently my stamp is not at the state I am currently living. And it looks like it will take a while to transfer here, but i want to go ahead with setting up my own business. i will mostly do construction management, scheduling and engineering. My question is, if i setup an LLC here in the...

i work somewhere full time (not as an employee but as a contractor) in construction planning. now that i passed my pe recently i decided to do construction consulting on the side from home which will involve scheduling and engineering and construction management topics, to the extent and on the...

Hello, I took PE civil exam in CT in October. I received an email from pcshq a month ago saying that I passed but still didnt receive anything else from anywhere else. I called the CT state engineering board and they are saying they can not say anything other than what I see in that email and...

Hello, Just learned that I passed PE in October by email and also looked at pcshq site where it says I passed. I called pcshq and they are saying it is only pass / fail indication and no further details will be released about how did I do on which subject or % comparison to others etc... I...

so the PE exam is open book but I have like 10-15 books with me that I will tak eto exam room so do they allow bags or luggage etc? i mean how else can i carry them all ?

Find: Which of the following is NOT true for symmetrical vertical curves: (A) The elevation of the mid-chord point is the average of the elevations of the BVC and EVC (B) The vertical curve lies midway between the PVI and the midpoint of the chord © The low point on a sag vertical curve is...

what does symmetric vertical curve mean exactly? does it mean g1 = -g2 ?

Given: When moving up on a horizontal curve to the right (i.e. set up anywhere on point on curve POC). Find: The clockwise angle to turn off to hit the radius point (i think radius is the center of circle) is: and the answer is © Deflection angle measured from PC to that point plus 90 degrees...

In a question I am solving it says A horizontal circular curve for a new urban highway has a radius of 2500 ft and a degree of curve (arc definition) of 2.29º. But if you put this two numbers into formula R=5729.578 / D It doesnt match to each other Please help

in the formula L=100 I / D what is the I units? degrees?

question 131 in NCEES AM sample test asks for a weaving highway section but where does this fall under the categories they list for exam specifications for Transport AM? horizontal curves? i thought horizontal curves subject is for calculating distances etc.... where should i look for this...

when we dissipate the footing pressure to the soil below, the pressure we take for the bottom of footing level should be pressure coming from the building - pressure because of excavated material and then we dissipate this net pressure, which mean the net pressure increase, to the soil...

In the book that I bought from learncivilengineering.com site learncivilengineering.com/exam-material/the-construction-depth-practice-pe-exam/ question 37 1) the fact that there are two pumps here really do not affect the formula used? why doesnt it? 2) if we wanted to know the dewatering...

In the book that I bought from learncivilengineering.com site http://www.learncivilengineering.com/exam-material/the-construction-depth-practice-pe-exam/ question 37 1) the fact that there are two pumps here really do not affect the formula used? why doesnt it? 2) if we wanted to know the...

what is the difference between a counterfort wall vs buttress wall?

in a question about secondary compression, i saw that they calculated tp=H^2/Cv shouldnt this be multiplied by Tv also? this is a question from Testmasters notes, exercise 30 and then they use 1/4 of the total H for drainge length, they must use H/2 dont they? (when there is clay underneath...