Textiles for Protection draws together scientific and technical experts from around the world to produce an important source of current knowledge on textile materials and clothing and their use in the protection of humans in hostile environments.

Features:

• Provides a comprehensive list of the technical fibers and fabrics available and a survey of the manufacture of yarns and fabrics
• Explores the emerging field of intelligent textiles and outlines the steps required in selecting materials
• Discusses protection from chemicals, ultraviolet radiation, fire and extremes in temperature, microorganisms, electrostatic charges, and ballistics threats

Contents

Materials and Design

1. Overview of protective clothing
2. Standards for protective textiles
3. Fashion and function – factors affecting the design and use of protective clothing
4. Steps in the selection of protective clothing materials
5. Fibres and fabrics for protective textiles
6. Technical textiles for protection
7. Intelligent textiles for protection
8. Surface treatments for protective textiles
9. Evaluation of protective clothing systems using manikins
10. Interactions between protection and thermal comfort
11. Modelling thermal burn injury protection

General Protection Requirements and Applications

12. Civilian protection and protection of industrial workers from chemicals
13. Textiles for UV protection
14. Textiles for protection against cold
15. Thermal (heat and fire) protection
16. Microorganism protection
17. Textiles for respiratory protection
18. Electrostatic protection
19. Ballistic protection
20. Chemical and biological protection

Case Studies

21. Military protection
22. Fire fighters protective clothing
23. Protection against knives and other weapons
24. Flight suits for military aviators
25. Protection for workers in the oil and gas industry
26. Motorcyclists

Index

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