W. McGuire, R. H.  Gallagher and R. D. Ziemian. " Matrix Structural Analysis", second edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2000. On 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA642 .M25 2000
	L. P. Felton and R. B. Nelson. "Matrix Structural Analysis", John Wiley and Sons, 1997. This is a good text, but does not go far enough for this course and students dislike the absence of numerical examples. On 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA642 .F45 1997
	R.L. Sack. " Matrix Structural Analysis", Waveland Press Inc, 1994. A very good, albeit succinct, reference for the direct stiffness method, but does not contain much else. On 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA 642.S22
	J.S. Przemieniecki, "Theory of Matrix Structural Analysis", McGraw Hill, 1968. This book is a classic; it contains a succinct but excellent presentation of the displacement and force method of analysis. On 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA642.P77 1968
	R.K. Livesley, "Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis", second edition, Pergamon Press, 1975. An excellent book, but very succinct and difficult to appreciate the first time, it yields great insights after a few attempts. On 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA642 .L5 1975
	B.G. Neal, "The Plastic Methods of Structural Analysis", 3rd edition, Chapman and Hall, 1977. A wonderful book on plastic analysis that explains the methods in physical terms, but also offers hints of matrix implementation; on 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number TA652.N43 1985
	G. Strang, "Linear Algebra and its Applications", 4th edition, Thomson 2006. A wonderful book on linear algebra. The solution of systems of linear equations is explained in the first two chapters and serves very well the purposes of this course; on 2-hr reserve in the Engineering Library under call number QA184.S8 1988

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