Matemática - fundamentos da engenharia

N ATIONAL C OUNCIL OF E XAMINERS FOR E NGINEERING AND S URVEYING ®

F UNDAMENTALS

OF

E NGINEERING

S UPPLIED- R EFERENCE H A N D BOOK
Fourth Edition

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying® P.O. Box 1686 Clemson, SC 29633-1686 800-250-3196 www.ncees.org

F UNDAMENTALS

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E NGINEERING

S UPPLIED- R EFERENCE H A N D BOOK
Fourth Edition

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 2000 by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying® . All rights reserved. First edition 1996 Fourth edition 2000

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FOREWORD
During its August 1991 Annual Business Meeting, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) voted to make the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination an NCEES supplied-reference examination. Then during its August 1994 Annual Business Meeting, the NCEES voted to make the FE examination a discipline-specific examination. As a result of the 1994 vote, the FE examination was developed to test the lower-division subjects of a typical bachelor engineering degree program during the morning portion of the examination, and to test the upper-division subjects of a typical bachelor engineering degree program during the afternoon. The lower-division subjects refer to the first 90 semester credit hours (five semesters at 18 credit hours per semester) of engineering coursework. The upper-division subjects refer to the remainder of the engineering coursework. Since engineers rely heavily on reference materials, the FE Supplied-Reference Handbook will be made available prior to the examination. The examinee may use this handbook while preparing for the examination. The handbook contains only reference formulas and tables; no example questions are included. Many commercially available books contain worked examples and sample questions. An examinee can also perform a self-test using one of the NCEES FE Sample Questions and Solutions books (a partial examination), which may be purchased by calling (800)