I’m starting to think I sound like a wuss. Not looking at formulas, like I’m afraid they’ll do me something in my sleep. (Aaaaaahhh! WL/2 violated me!)
Well I read the intro chapters (1-4) to Ambrose’s “Building Structures” and went over chapter 11 in the ARE Review Manual (Ballast). I’m 2 chapters (10 and 11) into the structures content in Ballast. I was warned by a Professional Engineer to first focus on the study guide for the ARE, so I went back to it during the week.
Usually I start studying for an exam by doing the questions in NCARB’s free study guide. But I’m so nervous about structures and lateral forces, I felt I should hit the books first.
Flashcards are helping me ease into the basics, (load, stress (C/T), strain, shear, deflection, moment (bending), hinged or fixed connections). (I hope to have a better understanding of section modulus and moment of inertia soon.) This week was the first real time I rationalized any formulas. I went thru my flashcards and skipped calculations. I went back and pulled out the basic cards, that didn’t have calculations with numbers. I took out these basic cards that dealt with understanding loading, moments, shear and stuff along that line. I’m going thu those as a group seperately and more often to build my thought process as to how I should start thinking when I tackle structural problems.
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