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

P. Deitz (Author), H. Reed Jr. (Author), J. Klopcic (Author), J. Walbert (Author), E. Edwards (Author), W. Hacker (Author), W. Kincheloe (Author), D. Bely (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 160086015X | ISBN-13: 978-1600860157 | Publication Date: June 1, 2009

While the focus of this book is on ground combat system vulnerability, many of the principles, methodologies, and tools discussed are also applicable to the air and sea system communities. The book begins by introducing the basic language, history, and uses of Vulnerability and Lethality (V/L) analysis, then discusses elements of the V/L analysis process, including the Missions and Means Framework (MMF), initial representations and damage mechanisms, component and personnel dysfunction, target response, and tactical utility. Vulnerability assessment and measures of effectiveness, including mission effectiveness, fault trees, degraded states, and networked systems is followed by V/L modeling and simulation, including empirical/semi-empirical, phenomenological, engineering, system, and force-level modeling; geometric representation; computer environments; and, verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A). V/L application topics such as system acquisition, system life cycle, vulnerability reduction, and tactics and doctrine complete the book. The book is further enhanced with appendices covering such topics as the characterization of penetrating fragments and behind-armor debris (BAD), details on estimating component probability of damage, a case study of an actual VV&A implementation, and more recent developments and applications of the MMF. The complexity of the material has been kept to a modest level to be understandable to those who are entering the discipline as well as to serve as a handy reference for those who regularly practice these disciplines. An attempt has been made not only to share those areas where significant progress has been made but also to identify those areas where methodology is weak or currently nonexistent.

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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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160086015X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600860157
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,741,513 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)