Fundamentals Of Structural Engineering
The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is generally your first step in the process to becoming a professional licensed engineer (P.E.). It is designed for recent graduates and students who are close to finishing an undergraduate engineering degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program. The FE exam is a computer-based exam administered year-round at NCEES-approved Pearson VUE test centers.
Fundamentals of Structural Engineering
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This book will examine structural mechanics from a fundamental point of view, and allow students to use logical inference and creative reasoning to solve problems versus rote memorization, which is what most textbooks in the field currently offer. It will present theory and also emphasize the relevant mathematical concepts as related to structural mechanics in each chapter. It will include problems, examples, and case studies throughout, and present simulation technique employed in structural engineering software. It will explain the Finite Element Method for elastic bodies, trusses, frames, and more, and present other modern methods of structural analysis.
Alexander Ivanovich Rusakov was more than 35 years engaged in scientific and teaching work in academic and design institutions; continues scientific research in construction design and publishes scientific papers and textbooks. A. Rusakov was born in 1955 in the city of Rostov-on-Don (RF); graduated Rostov State University with a degree in physics. In the period of 1984 to 2001 he has been teaching at Rostov Military Institute of Rocket Forces, where he defended his candidate thesis in 1988 and then doctoral thesis in 1999. From 2001 to 2006 he held the chair in structural mechanics at Rostov State University of Transport Communication. From 2006 to 2013 Dr. Rusakov works in design organizations of Rostov-on-Don holding engineering positions, where he continues scientific investigation in construction design and educational activity with engineering personnel. His latest position is the chief designer at South Regional Scientific Research and Design Institute of City Planning (Rostov-on-Don). Professor Rusakov was the top lecturer on a number of mathematical and technical courses as well as courses in mechanics, including mechanics of materials, structural mechanics, and theory of elasticity. He is the sole author of two books, Strength of Materials and Structural Mechanics. Some studies and research results by Dr. Rusakov are presented at the site
This course is for anyone who wants to understand multi-degree of freedom (MDoF) structural dynamics. The course is built around the theme of seismic analysis and determining the response of structures to earthquake-induced ground motion.
The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, which is developed and administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), is generally taken during the final year of a four-year EAC/ABET engineering program or a four-year ETAC/ABET engineering technology program, or immediately after graduation, while the course work is still fresh in your mind.
The PE exam goes beyond testing academic knowledge and tests expertise gained in the practice of engineering. While no engineering experience is required to sit for the PE exam, NCEES statistics show that first-time examinees are more likely to pass the exam with at least four years of engineering experience.
PE exams are offered in a variety of disciplines and sub-disciplines. Because the PE exam is based on the practice of engineering, you should take the exam for the discipline that you are most knowledgeable in (which may not be in what you earned your degree).
Exam specifications for each discipline in which the PE exam is offered are available on the PE exam page at NCEES. (Civil, electrical and computer, and mechanical engineering disciplines are offered in multiple sub-disciplines.)
In civil engineering, an understanding of structural dynamics is important in the design and retrofit of structures to withstand severe dynamic loading from earthquakes, hurricanes, and strong winds, or to identify the occurrence and location of damage within an existing structure.
If you want to be certified as an engineer-in-training in Washington, you must submit the Engineer-in-Training/Land Surveyor-in-Training Certification Application. Certificates are issued only to those applicants that designated Washington as their practice state when they registered to take the fundamentals of engineering exam.
If you were registered as a Washington applicant and failed the fundamentals exam, you can go directly to the NCEES website and register to retake the exam. You may take the exam once during any 2-month testing window, and no more than 3 times in a 12-month period.
If you want to be certified as a land surveyor-in-training in Washington, you must submit the Engineer-in-Training/Land Surveyor-in-Training Certification Application. Certificates are issued only to those applicants that designated Washington as their practice state when they registered to take the fundamentals of land surveying exam.
If you have an engineering degree from a foreign country, you must have your degree evaluated by NCEES Credentials Evaluations unless your degree was accredited by EAC/ABET, or your degree was accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB).
NOTE: If you have a foreign undergraduate degree in engineering, and a MS or PhD in engineering and you do not get a foreign degree evaluation, you may only receive a maximum of 4 years of credit towards the 8 years of credit needed. If you obtained a masters degree in engineering you must include a copy of your transcript for your undergraduate degree in English with your application.
We will accept passage of the SE II exam (AM & PM) as long as you have also passed a state specific SE III exam. If you have only taken the SE I and SE II exams (administered prior to April 2011), you will have to take the NCEES 16-hour lateral and vertical structural exam to be considered for a structural license.
The review and processing time for structural engineering applications, whether by exam or comity, is fully dependent upon the quality and thoroughness of the experience descriptions provided by the applicant. Every completed application is reviewed by a committee of the Board at meetings scheduled approximately every 2 months. After that review you will be notified of the decision.
You need to demonstrate 2 years of progressive structural design experience in addition to the 8 years of experience required for registration as a professional engineer in Washington State. These 2 years should be progressive in difficulty and magnitude; demonstrating sufficient breadth and scope, and be reflective of your ability to design and apply engineering principles where your judgments and decisions are trusted and relied upon. The experience must contain structural design for a building structure or non-building structure designed in Seismic Design Category D or above and/or bridges with a total span (end to end) of 200 feet.
No. Since you are required to be licensed as a Professional Engineer in Washington prior to becoming licensed in structural, you need to have taken and passed an additional 8-hour NCEES PE exam in another branch of engineering. We cannot use the 16-hour SE exam in place of an 8-hour NCEES PE exam.
Yes. Washington law requires that you be currently licensed as a Washington State Professional Engineer prior to applying for structural. You must have 2 years of experience in addition to the 8 years of experience required for registration as a professional engineer in Washington State.
Structural theory is based primarily on the following set of laws and properties. These principles often provide sufficient relations for analysis of structures.Laws of mechanics. These consist of the rules for static equilibrium and dynamic behavior.Properties of materials. The material used in a structure has a significant influence on its behavior. Strength and stiffness are two important material properties. These properties are obtained from experimental tests and may be used in the analysis either directly or in an idealized form.Laws of deformation. These require that structure geometry and any incurred deformation be compatible; i.e., the deformations of structural components are in agreement such that all components fit together to define the deformed state of the entire structure.
An understanding of basic mechanics is essential for comprehending structural theory. Mechanics is a part of physics that deals with the state of rest and the motion of bodies under the action of forces. For convenience, mechanics is divided into two parts: statics and dynamics.
All undergraduate students enrolled in structural engineering courses or admitted into the structural engineering program are expected to meet prerequisite and performance standards. Additional details are given under the various program outlines, course descriptions, and admission procedures for the School of Engineering in this catalog. The department expects that students will adhere to these policies on their own volition and enroll in courses accordingly. Students are advised that they may be dropped at any time from course rosters if prerequisites and/or performance standards have not been met. 041b061a72