FE Civil Structural Engineering
Key Topics on the FE Exam
•A. Analysis of statically determinant beams, columns, trusses, and frames
•B. Deflection of statically determinant beams, trusses, and frames
•C. Column analysis (e.g., buckling, boundary conditions)
•D. Structural determinacy and stability analysis of beams, trusses, and frames
•E. Elementary statically indeterminate structures
•F. Loads, load combinations, and load paths (e.g., dead, live, lateral, influence lines and moving loads, tributary areas)
•G. Design of steel components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, columns, tension members, connections)
•H. Design of reinforced concrete components (e.g., codes and design philosophies, beams, columns)