Mech 417/517 Assignment Jan. 10, 2012 due Jan. 17 The Buchannan text was selected because it has many worked examples, and is economical. However, it is a little disjointed and does not follow the order I introduce the course material. There are more than one hundred finite element textbooks in Fondren Library. Check out one of interest to you to serve as an alternate source of information. Turn in a note giving the title and author and a couple of sentences about why it was of interest to you. (Turn in at class, or at the ME "In Box" wall slot beside ME109 before 5pm)