Definitive answer to formulas to know
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 9:35 am
I have come across hundreds of formulas going through kaplan and ballast study material. Do we really ONLY need to know the ones ncarb has in their handbook (2nd image below)? What about IBC live load reduction formulas? What about retaining wall formulas? What about the numerous formulas you can see in the demo test (1st image below)? I'm not asking if we need to memorize these but just know how to use them - and if we do is it worth knowing how if there's only gonna be a few questions on them (seems like most people say there are few formula questions on this exam and it would require a lot of time to learn how to use all of them). Would it be enough just to know how shear and moment diagrams work and relate to each other, the handbook formulas, and basic structural terms?