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CEGR 492 · Chapter 3 — Research Methodology

Design Criteria

Field review: the conversation in which a scope, a constraint or a decision is actually settled.

Engineering Standards and Design Criteria

Convert the codes and standards from Phase III into project-specific numeric design requirements.

Convert the codes and standards from Phase III into project-specific numeric design requirements.

Learning objectives

  • Select governing codes and editions
  • State each criterion as a required value with a unit
  • Link criteria to calculations and verification

Engineering guidance

Record metadata, section placeholders and your own summary — never reproduce copyrighted code text.

FE Civil connection

Structural Design

Handbook §5 — Load combinations (placeholder)

  • Which LRFD combination governs a roof with snow drift?
  • What deflection limit applies to a floor supporting brittle finishes?
  • How is a resistance factor selected?

Technical methodology planner

Plan Chapter 3 against the exact equations, standards, data sources and design checks you will execute in Capstone II.

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