Textbook

- There is no formal book required for the course, since the course will be a collection of materials from several sources. However, it is recommended to acquire the following textbook from the university bookstore:

Optical Methods of Engineering Analysis
by Gary Cloud, Ph.D., P.E.
Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995
ISBN 0-521-45087-X, 517 pp., 260 illus.
Hardbound regular price $85.00
Paperback $34.95

- You will be given a copy of the Student manual for Strain Gage Technology from Measurements Group.

- The following textbook are on reserve at Parks library for your references:

1. Gary Cloud, 1995 "Optical Methods of Engineering Analysis," Cambridge University Press, NY.

2. Albert S. Kobayashi, 1993 "Handbook on Experimental Mechanics," VCH Publishers ; Bethel, CT : Society for Experimental Mechanics, NY.

3. James W. Dally and William F. Riley, 1991 "Experimental Stress Analysis," McGraw-Hill, NY 

- Other Recommended Books:

1. Jonathan S. Epstein, 1993 "Experimental Techniques in Fracture"VCH Publishers ; Bethel, CT : Society for Experimental Mechanics, NY.

2. Grant R. Fowles, 1975 "Introduction to Modern Optics," Dover Pub. Inc., NY.

3. W. Steel, 1987 "Interferometry," Cambridge University Press, NY.

4. Max Born and Emil Wolf, 1987 "Principles of Optics," Pergamon Press, NY.