PPI FE Civil Review — Complete Topic Review by Michael R. Lindeburg: Solved Example Problems, Step-by-Step Solutions, and Demystifying NCEES Handbook Essential Figures and Tables for Exam Day

by Michael R. Lindeburg

Michael R. Lindeburg PE’s  FE Civil Review offers complete coverage of the NCEES Civil FE exam knowledge areas and the relevant elements—equations, figures, and tables—from the NCEES FE Reference Handbook . With concise explanations of thousands of equations, and hundreds of figures and tables, the FE Civil Review contains everything you need to successfully prepare for the Civil FE exam.

The FE Civil Review organizes the Handbook elements logically, grouping related concepts that the Handbook has in disparate locations. All Handbook elements are featured in blue boxes for easy identification, familiarizing you with the only reference you will have on exam day. Equations, and their associated variations and values, are clearly presented. Descriptions are succinct and supported by exam-like example problems, with step-by-step solutions to reinforce the theory and application of fundamental concepts. Thousands of terms are indexed to facilitate cross-referencing. 

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Civil Engineering  Topics Covered

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Paperback
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Genres: Engineering

732 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2017

Reviews

[Gnik Niltiac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent examples and solutions, but a lot of the content or formulas in this book are not in the NCEES handbook, which is not on the test.

I didn’t read through the whole book, there’s way too much information you won’t need. I did go through all of the example problems and solutions and that helped.

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were typos.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can’t say it was enjoyable, but it got the job done

[casey taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Four stars because it’s a helpful review book. -2 stars because goodreads is for fun reads and this one wasn’t very fun. So based on math that makes 2 stars

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Whether or not the exam is hard or tricky depends on who you talk to.”
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HA I can’t believe I read this whole book. Did I retain a lot of the information? No. Very thorough, though I feel like the environmental section was lacking in BOD problems. Also, this is a little bit outdated because the section on computational tools is no longer on the exam. I also found several errors. Personally, I feel like doing review videos was more helpful in preparing for the FE, but this book is a good reference to have, especially for topics I've never been exposed to. And I found that it’s fun and stuff when you’re learning it in class, but having to review it all a few years later is something else.