CELE Structural Analysis and Design Review
CELE Structural Analysis and Design Review
CELE Day 1 is one subject: Principles of Structural Analysis and Design, 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., worth 35% of your weighted average. You need at least 50% in it, and 70% weighted across all three subjects.
Older reviewers call this subject "Structural Engineering and Construction". In the current PRC programs, construction management and methods is part of the Day 2 math subject, covered in the math, surveying, transportation and construction review.
PRC doesn't publish topic-level item counts. Here's what to cover.
Statics and mechanics of materials
- Force equilibrium and free-body diagrams
- Centroids and moments of inertia
- Stress and strain, axial loading
- Torsion, bending and shear
- Combined loading
- Beam deflection
Theory of structures
- Determinate vs indeterminate structures
- Truss analysis (method of joints, method of sections)
- Frame analysis (slope-deflection, moment distribution)
- Influence lines
Reinforced and prestressed concrete (NSCP)
- Material properties of concrete and reinforcing steel
- Flexural design (rectangular and T-beams)
- Shear design and stirrup spacing
- Column design (axial load plus bending)
- Footing design
- Prestressed concrete basics
Steel design (NSCP)
- Allowable stress design (ASD) vs LRFD
- Tension members
- Compression members (column buckling)
- Bending members (lateral-torsional buckling, lateral support)
- Bolted and welded connections
Timber design
- Allowable stresses
- Beam design
A 6-week drill plan
| Week | Focus | Volume target |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Statics and mechanics of materials | 60 problems |
| 2 | Theory of structures | 60 problems |
| 3 | Reinforced and prestressed concrete | 80 problems |
| 4 | Steel design | 60 problems |
| 5 | Timber design and mixed review | 40 problems |
| 6 | Six-hour timed practice test and remediation | 1 practice test + 60 problems |
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