Fundamentals of Ground Combat System Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) - Hardcover

P. Deitz; H. Reed Jr.; J. Klopcic; J. Walbert; E. Edwards; W. Hacker; W. Kincheloe; D. Bely

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 160086015X ISBN 13: 9781600860157

Publisher: AIAA, 2009

Synopsis

This guide to the vulnerability and lethality of ground combat systems offers military weapons designers and engineers a full assessment of tactical utility, target response, damage mechanisms and personnel dysfunction. Deitz (technical director, U.S. Army Material Systems Analysis Activity, retired), Reed (systems engineering, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory), Klopcic (physics and mathematics, Kenyon College) and Walbert (chief scientist, SURVICE Engineering) discuss mission effectiveness, fault trees, degraded states and networked systems and show how V/L modeling and simulation are used to evaluate system acquisition, life cycle and vulnerability reduction. Additional topics include a study of penetrating fragments and behind-armor debris. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

PAUL H. DEITZ is Technical Director of the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity and Acting Director of the Human Research and Engineering Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) (formerly the Ballistic Research Laboratory). An Army employee for over 40 years, he has served as Acting Director of ARLs Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate and as Branch Chief and Division Chief in the Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality Division.

HARRY L. REED, JR., now retired, most recently worked as a consultant for various defense organizations. Before that, he spent nearly 40 years at the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, where he served as Chief of the System Engineering and Concepts Analysis Division.

J. TERRENCE KLOPCIC is the Director of Laboratories for Physics and Mathematics at Kenyon College. Prior to this position, he served for over 30 years at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, where he was the organizations senior scientist in systems analysis.

JAMES N. WALBERT is the Chief Scientist for the SURVICE Engineering Company. Formerly, he served for over 30 years with the Department of Defense, first at the Ballistic Research Laboratory, where he served as the Chief of the Air Systems Branch of the Vulnerability/Lethality Division, as Program Manager for Joint Live Fire Armor/Anti-Armor, and as an Army agent for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

About this edition

• Publisher: AIAA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 160086015X
• ISBN 13: 9781600860157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384