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Ball, Robert Edwin was born on August 2, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Raymond and Marjory May (McComb) Ball.
(Second edition, still the only text of its kind and requi...)
Second edition, still the only text of its kind and required reading for anyone involved in design of air combat vehicles. Aircraft combat survivability is now an established design discipline for U.S. military aircraft. More importantly survivability is now an essential part of the U.S. Department of Defence acquisition process. Furthermore, improving public health, safety, and survivability is now woven throughout the civil and commercial sector. From infant car seats to the design of aircraft cargo bay structures that can withstand internal bomb blasts, the US Government is establishing survivability standards. The extensively illustrated 2nd edition presents the fundamentals of the aircraft combat survivability design discipline as defined by the DoD military standards and acquisition processes. It provides the history of, the concepts for, and the assessment methodology and the design technology for the combat survivability analysis and design of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. UAVs, and missiles. Each chapter specifies learning objectives; stresses important points; and includes notes, references, bibliography and questions.
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Ball, Robert Edwin was born on August 2, 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Raymond and Marjory May (McComb) Ball.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1958; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1962.
Member technical staff, NESCO, Pasadena, California, 1962-1965; director solid mechanics, Dynamic Science, Monrovla, California, 1965-1967; distinguished professor department aeronautics and astronautics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1967-1998. Chairman of Commission on weapons effects on airborne system National Research Council, 1991-1993. Consultant infield.
(Second edition, still the only text of its kind and requi...)
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Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman survivability technical committee 1989-1992, Survivability award 1996, Summerfield Book award 2007).
Married Rana Niola Applegate, September 2, 1956. Children: Robert Edwin Junior, Susan Marie Ball Culcasi.