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type: entity
title: "Daryl L. Logan"
entity_type: person
role: "Author of A First Course in the Finite Element Method"
created: 2026-05-29
updated: 2026-05-29
address: c-000062
tags:
  - entity
  - person
  - finite-element-method
status: current
related:
  - "[[A-First-Course-in-the-Finite-Element-Method|A First Course in the Finite Element Method]]"
  - "[[Finite Element Method]]"
sources:
  - "[[A-First-Course-in-the-Finite-Element-Method|A First Course in the Finite Element Method]]"
---

# Daryl L. Logan

## Overview

Daryl L. Logan is the author of [[A-First-Course-in-the-Finite-Element-Method|A First Course in the Finite Element Method]]. The source identifies him with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

## Role In The Wiki

Logan's textbook contributes an introductory finite element sequence that moves from spring and bar elements through trusses, beams, frames, plane stress/strain, axisymmetric elements, isoparametric formulation, heat transfer, thermal stress, and dynamics.

## Sources

- [[A-First-Course-in-the-Finite-Element-Method|A First Course in the Finite Element Method]]