NCEES-PE-Civil-Structural Exam Information and Outline
NCEES - PE Civil Engineering: Structural
NCEES-PE-Civil-Structural Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Dead loads
- Live loads
- Construction loads
- Wind loads
- Seismic loads
- Moving loads
- vehicular
- cranes
- Snow- rain- and ice
- Impact loads
- Earth pressure and surcharge loads
- Tributary areas and load paths
- lateral
- vertical
- Load combinations
- Diagrams
- shear
- moment
- Axial
- tension
- compression
- Shear
- Flexure
- Combined stresses
- Deflection
- torsion
- buckling
- fatigue
- progressive collapse
- thermal deformation
- bearing
- Special inspections
- Submittals
- Formwork
- falsework
- scaffolding
- shoring and reshoring
- bracing
- anchorage
- Impact of construction on adjacent facilities
- Safety
- construction
- roadside
- work zone
- Soil classification and soil properties
- strength
- permeability
- compressibility
- phase relationships
- Concrete
- unreinforced
- reinforced
- cast-in-place
- precast
- pre-tensioned
- post-tensioned
- Steel
- structural
- cold-formed
- Timber
- Masonry
- brick veneer
- CMU
- Material test methods and specification conformance
- concrete
- steel
- masonry
- timber
- other construction materials
- Horizontal members
- beams
- slabs
- diaphragms
- struts
- Vertical members
- columns
- bearing walls
- shear walls
- Systems
- trusses
- braces
- frames
- composite construction
- Connections
- bolted
- welded
- bearing
- embedded
- anchored
- post-installed anchors
- Shallow foundations
- footings
- combined footings
- slabs
- mats
- Deep foundations
- piers
- piles
- caissons
- drilled shafts
- Retaining walls