Overview

Protective clothing protects wearers from hostile environments, including extremes of heat and cold. Whilst some types of protective clothing may be designed primarily for non-thermal hazards (e.g. biological hazards), a key challenge in all protective clothing remains wearer comfort and the management of thermal stress (i.e. excessive heat or cold). This book reviews key types of protective clothing, technologies for heating and cooling and, finally, modeling aspects of thermal stress and strain.

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Author:   F. Wang (Professor, Head of the Laboratory for Clothing Physiology and Ergonomics (LCPE) at Soochow University, China) ,  Chuansi Gao (Thermal Environment Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
Volume:   154
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9781782420323

ISBN 10:   1782420320
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   05 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I Types of protective clothing and their requirements 1 Cold protective clothing: types, design and standards 2 Cold water immersion suits 3 Clothing for protection against heat and flames 4 Clothing for protection against hot liquid splash and steam hazards 5 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective clothing 6 Ballistic protective clothing and body armour 7 Spacesuits: development and design for thermal comfort 8 Medical protective clothing Part II Technologies for warming or cooling in protective clothing 9 Phase change materials (PCMs) for warming or cooling in protective clothing 10 Shape memory alloys (SMAs) for warming or cooling protective clothing 11 Electrically heated clothing (EHC) for protection against cold stress 12 Air and water perfusion-based personal cooling systems (PCSs) to protect against heat stress in protective clothing Part III Understanding and modelling thermal stress in protective clothing 13 The human thermoregulatory system and its response to thermal stress 14 Modelling of cold stress and cold strain in protective clothing 15 Cold exposure survival and modeling offshore anti-exposure garments 16 Modeling heat stress and heat strain in protective clothing 17 Modeling thermal skin burning in protective clothing

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...the first to systematically address various protective garments, preventative measures to fight against thermal stress and modelling of themal strain for harsh environmental conditions with various protective-clothing system. --Asian Technical Textiles

Author Information

Professor Faming Wang is the head of the Laboratory for Clothing Physiology and Ergonomics (LCPE) at Soochow University, China. He is also the author of over 85 publications and an editorial member of the Journal of Ergonomics and Industria Textila Associate Professor Chuansi Gao works at the Thermal Environment Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden, and has published widely on protective clothing.

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