Modern Applied Fracture Mechanics
暫譯: 現代應用斷裂力學

《現代應用斷裂力學》提供了一本實用且易於理解的指南，幫助讀者掌握並應用基本的線性彈性斷裂力學（LEFM）技術，解決工業中常見的問題，包括疲勞分析、失效分析和損傷容忍度。

Cameron Coates is Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Assistant Dean at Kennesaw State University, in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Coates earned his B.Sci from the United States Naval Academy, and his M.Sci and Ph.D from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His recent research includes solid mechanics, and fracture mechanics, aerospace and biomechanical applications, and engineering education. He has received summer research fellow appointments to the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the US Air Force Research Lab, Wright Patterson AFB. Dr. Coates is passionate about student learning and growth.

Valmiki Sooklal is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kennesaw State University. His research areas include experimental and computational fracture mechanics, laser/material interaction, tissue welding, sustainable housing, and remote sensing. Dr. Sooklal graduated from Tulane University, in New Orleans, with a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. He also conducts research in Engineering Education, with a focus on developing education tools to enhance the senior design/capstone process.

Cameron Coates 是喬治亞州馬里埃塔的肯尼索州立大學航空工程教授及助理院長。Coates 博士於美國海軍軍官學院獲得理學士學位，並在喬治亞理工學院獲得理學碩士及博士學位。他最近的研究包括固體力學、斷裂力學、航空航天及生物力學應用，以及工程教育。他曾獲得美國國家航空暨太空總署馬歇爾太空飛行中心及美國空軍研究實驗室（萊特-帕特森空軍基地）的暑期研究獎學金。Coates 博士對學生的學習與成長充滿熱情。

Valmiki Sooklal 是肯尼索州立大學的機械工程副教授。他的研究領域包括實驗及計算斷裂力學、激光/材料互動、組織焊接、可持續住房及遙感技術。Sooklal 博士於新奧爾良的杜蘭大學獲得機械工程博士學位。他還從事工程教育的研究，專注於開發教育工具以增強高年級設計/畢業專題的過程。