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Protective clothing and equipment used for firefighters protect them against their harsh working environment loaded with strong thermal hazards, elevated environmental temperatures, low oxygen concentration and smoke. This book describes an in-depth review of firefighting clothing and equipment, and explicitly addresses the performance of protection and comfort in textile engineering, clothing design, and evaluation. Covered topics include protection and comfort requirements for firefighting clothing and equipment, testing methods, standards and performance evaluation, smart firefighting clothing for first responders and numerical modeling of performance of firefighting clothing.

Key Features

  • Presents complete overview about the requirements of firefighters'' protective clothing/thermal protective materials

  • Addresses performance of protection and comfort

  • Includes human thermoregulation system and responses to fire

    Table of Contents

    1. Textiles for Firefighting Protective Clothing. 2. Firefighters Protective Clothing and Equipment. 3 Human thermoregulation system and comfort. 5. Stored thermal energy and protective performance. 6. Functionality and Thermo physiological Comfort of Firefighter Protective Clothing: A Case Study. 7. Hot plates and thermal manikins for evaluating clothing thermal comfort. 8. Human wear trials for assessing comfort performance of firefighter protective clothing. 9. 3D body scanning technology and applications in protective clothing. 10. Instrumented Flash Fire Manikin for Maximizing Protective Clothing Performance. 11. Smart firefighting clothing. 12. Numerical modelling for heat and moisture transfer through firefighting protective clothing.

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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
    Publication Date: 1/26/2018 12:11:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781498742733, 978-1498742733
    ISBN10: 1498742734
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    Product design Fire protection and safety Materials science

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Protective clothing and equipment used for firefighters protect them against their harsh working environment loaded with strong thermal hazards, elevated environmental temperatures, low oxygen concentration and smoke. This book describes an in-depth review of firefighting clothing and equipment, and explicitly addresses the performance of protection and comfort in textile engineering, clothing design, and evaluation. Covered topics include protection and comfort requirements for firefighting clothing and equipment, testing methods, standards and performance evaluation, smart firefighting clothing for first responders and numerical modeling of performance of firefighting clothing.

    Key Features

    • Presents complete overview about the requirements of firefighters'' protective clothing/thermal protective materials

    • Addresses performance of protection and comfort

    • Includes human thermoregulation system and responses to fire

      Table of Contents

      1. Textiles for Firefighting Protective Clothing. 2. Firefighters Protective Clothing and Equipment. 3 Human thermoregulation system and comfort. 5. Stored thermal energy and protective performance. 6. Functionality and Thermo physiological Comfort of Firefighter Protective Clothing: A Case Study. 7. Hot plates and thermal manikins for evaluating clothing thermal comfort. 8. Human wear trials for assessing comfort performance of firefighter protective clothing. 9. 3D body scanning technology and applications in protective clothing. 10. Instrumented Flash Fire Manikin for Maximizing Protective Clothing Performance. 11. Smart firefighting clothing. 12. Numerical modelling for heat and moisture transfer through firefighting protective clothing.

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