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Load paths and tributary areas
Lecture NotesHow gravity and lateral loads travel from deck to foundation.
Standards: ASCE 7
The Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
Engineering StoryA connection detail change that cost 114 lives — and what review would have caught it.
Standards: ASCE Ethics
Composite steel floor beam
Worked ExampleFull LRFD flexure, shear, deflection, and stud check.
Standards: AISC 360
Cantilever retaining wall stability
Design ExampleOverturning, sliding, and bearing checks with a drainage discussion.
Standards: AASHTO LRFD
Rational method peak flow
Calculation WalkthroughLine-by-line Q = CiA with time of concentration and IDF selection.
Standards: State drainage manual
Horizontal curve superelevation
Worked ExampleDesign speed, side friction, and minimum radius selection.
Standards: AASHTO Green Book
CPM schedule and float
Calculation WalkthroughForward and backward pass with total and free float.
Standards: AGC guidance
Load combination flowchart
FlowchartSelecting governing LRFD combinations for gravity and lateral cases.
Standards: ASCE 7
Calculation sheet template
TemplateStandard header, assumptions, references, and independent-check block.
Standards: QA/QC practice
Chapter 1 quality checklist
ChecklistTwenty checks an advisor applies before approving Chapter 1.
Steel section property reference
Reference SheetCommon W-shape properties used in capstone-scale designs.
Standards: AISC 360
Geotechnical equations sheet
EquationsBearing capacity, settlement, lateral earth pressure, and seepage.
Beam design aid charts
Design AidQuick selection charts for preliminary member sizing.
Standards: AISC 360
FE statics practice set
Practice ProblemsTwenty exam-style statics questions with answer key.
Solved consolidation settlement problems
Solved ProblemsFive fully worked primary consolidation problems.
Corridor modeling walkthrough (Civil 3D)
VideoStep-by-step corridor build: alignment, profile, assembly, corridor targets, and sample-line earthwork extraction for a two-lane rural section.
Standards: AASHTO Green Book
Plastic hinge formation in moment frames
AnimationProgressive hinge sequence in a two-bay frame under increasing lateral load, from first yield to collapse mechanism, with the corresponding pushover curve.
Standards: ASCE 41
Past capstone project archive
Past ProjectAnnotated prior-year proposals, posters, and defense decks with advisor scoring notes showing what separated exemplary from marginal submissions.
Design standards orientation
StandardWhich specification governs which decision, and why.
Standards: ASCE 7, AISC 360, ACI 318
Bridge load rating story
Engineering StoryHow a routine inspection changed a rehabilitation scope.
Standards: FHWA NBIS