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    Readings

    Textbook

    Bathe, K. J., Finite Element Procedures. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc., 1996.

    Some Additional Literature

    Clough, R. W., and J. Penzien. Dynamics of Structures. 2nd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1993.

    Tedesco, J. W., W. G. McDougal, and C. A. Ross. Structural Dynamics: Theory and Applications. CA: Addison Wesley Longman Inc., 1999.

    Reading Assignments

    The reading requirements will be given in the lectures and will refer to the textbook Finite Element Procedures. We will primarily discuss the material in Chapters 1, 4, 5, and 7 through 11.