Hey All,
Any recommendations for studying for the Structural portion of the PDD test? I heard about the David Thaddeus seminar, but looks to be a lot of information and I don't have time to watch that many videos. I'm currently using Amber-Book which helped me pass my last test (PPD), but there isn't a lot of structures in his videos. One test to go!
Thanks!

macgyver wrote:Hey All,
Any recommendations for studying for the Structural portion of the PDD test? I heard about the David Thaddeus seminar, but looks to be a lot of information and I don't have time to watch that many videos. I'm currently using Amber-Book which helped me pass my last test (PPD), but there isn't a lot of structures in his videos. One test to go!
Thanks!

I just took PDD last week but failed. There really not a lot of actual structural calculations on the exam. But I do have some other type of calculations and it took some time, which is why I couldn't finish the test.

I haven't taken PDD yet but I have found these YouTube videos by Dilip Khatri to be very helpful.

Shear Diagrams
https://youtu.be/uO_57imlLac

Moment Diagrams
https://youtu.be/tfxqQSAPxn4

Shear and Moment
https://youtu.be/Mblno8v-cbY

Stress Analysis
https://youtu.be/SQ5AbI1Pa60

Thanks BnyBen! I'll try those videos out

BnyBen wrote:I haven't taken PDD yet but I have found these YouTube videos by Dilip Khatri to be very helpful.

Shear Diagrams
https://youtu.be/uO_57imlLac

Moment Diagrams
https://youtu.be/tfxqQSAPxn4

Shear and Moment
https://youtu.be/Mblno8v-cbY

Stress Analysis
https://youtu.be/SQ5AbI1Pa60

Guy has a total "strict dad" vibe, but the videos are very useful.