Texas Structural and Ethics 15 PDH Discount Package 4
Guide for In-Place Treatment of Wood in Historic Covered and Modern Bridges (S04-020)
General Principles of Engineering Ethics (LE2-016)
This online engineering PDH course delivers the best practices for repair and retrofit of fatigue cracks in steel bridges.
This course is also a guide for owners and consulting engineers to use for design and detailing of repairs and retrofits for fatigue cracks. It should be used in conjunction with existing specifications, codes, and engineering judgment. In addition to designing and executing the repairs and/or retrofits, there are numerous other steps involved in the inspection and assessment of a cracked bridge member.
When cracks are discovered in bridge elements (members or connections) in service, fatigue is usually the cause. Fatigue is the formation of a crack due to cyclic service loads. Fracture may be defined as rupture in tension or rapid extension of a crack, leading to gross deformation, loss of function or serviceability, or complete separation of the component. Periodic in-service inspection provides an opportunity to assure safety by detecting cracks before they grow to a critical size. The Federal Highway Administration has mandated a twenty-four month inspection interval for all highway bridges located on public roads which is intended to detect problems before they become critical to structural performance.
This 9 PDH online course is applicable to civil and structural engineers as well as consulting engineers who are interested in design and detailing of repairs and retrofits for fatigue cracks.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the definition of fatigue and fracture in steel bridges
- Developing a fracture control plan and carrying inspections
- Selecting the proper repair and retrofit strategy
- Assessing fatigue effect using several approaches such as nominal stress approach, local stress approach, fracture mechanics approach, etc.
- Understanding the repair and retrofit methods such as surface treatments, impact treatments, etc.
- Identifying out of plane distortion due to secondary stresses
- Learning the repair methods specific to out-of-plane distortion such as: hole drilling, web gap softening, web gap stiffening, etc.
- Knowing the repair methods by loads induced fatigue
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course provides basic information on procedures for selecting and applying in-place treatments to bridges to prevent or arrest degradation, and discusses different approaches for minimizing damage caused by fire.
Wooden bridges have a long history of use throughout the world, and like bridges made of other materials, the service life of wooden bridges can be enhanced through proper construction, inspection, and maintenance. Wooden bridges, whether historic covered bridges or current highway timber bridges, can be vulnerable to damage from biodeterioration, fire or biodegradation. Biodeterioration is minimized through design and construction practices, and in the case of modern timber bridges, through pressure treatment of the timbers with wood preservatives. However, over time, many bridges need maintenance in order to prevent degradation and to minimize any damage caused by fire.
In order to maintain wood bridges, different methods, procedures and treatments are used. These include; in-place treatments, surface-applied liquid treatments, paste surface treatments, internal treatments, and fire retardants, all of which are discussed in this course.
This 4 PDH online course is mainly intended for structural engineers and others who are interested in learning more about the different methods of applying treatments to bridges and understanding the approaches for minimizing damage caused by fire.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the causes and problem areas for biodegradation in wooden bridges, the effects of climate and the role of wood structure
- Learning about the different types of supplemental treatments including water-diffusible preservatives, non-diffusible liquid treatments and fumigants
- Gaining a general overview on the application and use of supplemental preservative treatments for covered bridges
- Understanding the use of supplemental fire-retardant treatments for covered bridges
- Exploring supplemental treatment concepts such as liquid surface treatments, paste surface treatments, and internal treatments
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course presents the principles of engineering ethics that every engineer is expected to live by when practicing their profession.
Engineering ethics is (1) the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study of related questions about moral conduct, character, ideals and relationships of peoples and organizations involved in technological development (Martin and Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering).
This course describes the fundamental legal concepts with which very engineer should be familiar. It also presents unique disciplinary case studies selected from across the nation, as well as hypothetical ethical challenges that demonstrate how difficult it can be to apply the code of ethics for engineers.
This 2 PDH online course is applicable to all professional engineers who are either required to fulfill 2 PDH in engineering ethics or are interested in broadening their understanding of what it means to practice and uphold the honor and integrity of their engineering profession while holding the utmost safety, health, and welfare of the public.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the common definition of ethics regarding engineering
- Learning about the important principles of the engineer’s professional responsibility
- Learning the do’s and don’ts through several ethical and disciplinary cases
- Understanding what it means to practise and uphold the honor and integrity of the engineering profession
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.