Thursday, September 25, 2025

PE Civil Quick review (AM+ PM Structure) 2015/2016

 PE Civil Quick review (AM+ PM Structure) 2015/2016

These are my own handouts and collected materials that I used to prepare for and pass the P.E. and F.E. exams in 2015 ☺. They might be slightly different from the current FE and PE exam formats, but they are still useful and contain personal notes that are valuable to me.


PE Civil Quick review (AM+ PM Structure)_rev01.1_2016-07-16-draft.pdf

FE Civil Quick review draft_rev0_2016-09-10.docx



Wednesday, March 6, 2024

ACI 318M-08 Retaining Wall with Counter-fort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces And design sections

You can use this sheet to Retaining Wall with Counter-fort Check of Stability & Calculation of Internal forces And design sections According ACI 318-08, Rev 1.3 (6 Mar 2024, thanks for Karim's notes)
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

FHWA AISC Steel Bridge Design Handbook

 FHWA AISC Steel Bridge Design Handbook

 
#FHWA.dot.gov
#AISC.org
The manual is puplished by FHWA & AISC and free to download.

The Steel Bridge Design Handbook covers a full range of topics and design examples to provide bridge engineers with the information needed to make knowledgeable decisions regarding the selection, design, fabrication, and construction of steel bridges. 
This Handbook, published in 2021, has been updated and revised to be consistent with the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications which was released in 2020.
The Handbook consists of 19 chapters and 6 design examples. 


Full list of all published Steel Bridge manuals & reports can be found in https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/steel.cfm 




FHWA hif15016 Post-Tensioned Box Girder Design Manual_2016

  FHWA hif15016 Post-Tensioned Box Girder Design Manual_2016

 
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The manual is puplished by FHWA and free to download.

This Manual contains information related to the analysis and design of cast-in-place concrete box girder bridges prestressed with post-tensioning tendons.
The Manual reviews features of the construction of cast-in-place concrete box girder bridges, material characteristics that impact design, fundamentals of prestressed concrete, and losses in prestressing force related to posttensioned construction. Also presented in this Manual are approaches to the longitudinal and transverse analysis of the box girder superstructure. Both single-cell and multi-cell box girders are discussed. Design examples are presented in Appendices to this Manual


Full list of all published Concrete Bridge manuals & reports can be found in https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/concrete/ 



Monday, September 18, 2023

AISC360-16 RHS Welding check

 AISC360-16 RHS Welding check rev0.01

 
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References:
- AISC 360-16.
Design of Welded Structures, by Omer W. Blodgett-1968-9998474922.
Behavior analysis and design of steel work connections_ Vol. 03 by El-Sayed Bahaa Machaly_6th Ed-2008-9770071706_ECP205-2001.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned

 {مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ} [الجاثية : 15]

( 15 ) Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned. [Sura: Al-Jaathiya, Aya: 15]

link: http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/index.php?aya=45_15 

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

AASHTO LRFD Pedestrian Vibration Check

 AASHTO LRFD Pedestrian Vibration Check Rev 0.0

 
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References:
- AASHTO LRFD Guide specifications for the design of pedestrian bridges, 2015 Ed., pages 31,32.
for any comments in this sheet post your comment below. 

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

A Beginner's Guide to the Steel Construction Manual, 15th ed. by T. Bart Quimby, P.E., Ph.D.

 

https://www.bgstructuralengineering.com/BGSCM15/Contents.htm




ACI 530-11 UNREINFORCED MASONRY, CMU Axial compression and flexure Check

 

ACI 530-11 UNREINFORCED MASONRY, CMU Axial compression and flexure CheckRev 0.0


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References:
- ACI 530-11.
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Monday, November 8, 2021

How To Disable Incognito Mode In Chrome

 #protect_our_kids

Good Article.

How To Disable Incognito Mode In Chrome

https://www.alphr.com/how-to-disable-incognito-mode-in-chrome/

Add IncognitoModeAvailability to Registry as per below snapshot.

Set value to 1 for disable.



Thursday, September 30, 2021

Google Chrome Web Browser AddPerson Disable

 #protect_our_kids 

Add BrowserAddPersonEnabled to Registry as per below snapshot.

Set value to 0 for disable.
Set value to 1 for Enable.


Google Chrome Web Browser Guest Mode Disable


 #protect_our_kids
Add BrowserGuestModeEnabled to Registry as per below snapshot.
Set value to 0 for disable.
Set value to 1 for Enable.

Monday, May 17, 2021

وقف مكنون بمكة Donation to Maknoon endowment in Mecca

 

https://www.qk.org.sa/blog/97834/

وقف مكنون بمكة 

Donation to Maknoon endowment in Mecca

يعد وقف مكنون بمكة.. من أكبر الأوقاف للقرآن الكريم بمكة ، داخل نطاق الحرم، وهو عبارة عن فندق استثماري مكون من 22 دور.


الأثر المترتب على دعمك للوقف:
(كفالة معلمي القرآن - رعاية 170 ألف طالب وطالبة - تعليم القرآن للمكفوفين والصم - رعاية النابغين - إحياء سنة الوقف وتحقيق الاستدامة المالية للجمعية - الحصول على الخيرية).
قال ﷺ : (إذا مات ابن آدم انقطع عمله إلا من ثلاث: صدقة جارية، وعلم ينتفع به، وولد صالح يدعو له).



Tuesday, May 4, 2021

https://ehsan.sa/ Various donation opportunities for relief and humanitarian cases

https://ehsan.sa/

Various donation opportunities for relief and humanitarian cases and projects in various countries of the world and in various fields.



Sunday, March 21, 2021

كلمتان خفيفتان على اللسان، ثقيلتان في الميزان، حبيبتان إلى الرحمن: سبحان الله وبحمده، سبحان الله العظيم

كلمتان خفيفتان على اللسان، ثقيلتان في الميزان، حبيبتان إلى الرحمن: سبحان الله وبحمده، سبحان الله العظيم


Monday, March 8, 2021

ACI 318M-14 Detailed Development & splice Length calculation

 ACI 318M-14 Detailed Development & splice Length calculation Rev 0.0


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References:
- ACI 318M-14
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Sunday, October 4, 2020

ACI318M‐08 Moment & Shear Strength Design of Rectangular RC beam/slab Rev06.3


You can use this sheet to Moment & Shear Strength Design of Rectangular RC beam/slab According ACI318M‐08, Rev06.3
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

ACI 318M-11 RC Beam Ledge Design

ACI 318M-11 RC Beam Ledge DesignRev 0.04)

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It should be noted that ACI 318-11, clause 11.8.1 limits the method presented in this sheet for av/d<=1.
and for 1< av/d <= 2, Design corbels using Appendix A Strut & Tie method - THIS SPREADSHEET N/A.
and for av/d>2, Design corbel as a Cantilever -PCA Notes page 15-2- THIS SPREADSHEET N/A.

the three message are shown automatically in the sheet according to av/d ratio.

References:
1- ACI 318M-11, Clause 11.8 Provisions for brackets and corbels.
2- PCA Notes on ACI 318M-11, Chapter 15, Brackets, Corbels and Beam Ledges.
3- PCA Notes on ACI 318M-11, Example 15.3—Beam Ledge Design.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

ACI 318M-08 Slab Punching Design

You can use this sheet for
ACI 318M-08 Slab Punching Design, Rev 1.22.
for any comments in this sheet post your comment below.

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