Firefighter's clothing and equipment : performance, protection and comfort /: performance, protection and comfort. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guowen Song and Faming Wang.
• Authors: Song, Guowen; Wang, Faming
• Contents: 1. Textiles for Firefighting Protective Clothing Introduction Fibres used in firefighting protective clothing Membranes developed for protective clothing Fabric structure and nonwovens Chemical finishing Thermal protective properties Thermal comfort properties Summary References 2. Firefighters Protective Clothing and Equipment 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Types and features of firefighters’ protective clothing 2.3 Types and features of firefighters’ protective equipment 2.4 Key issues related to firefighters protective clothing and equipment 2.5 References 3 Human thermoregulation system and comfort 3.1 Body temperature 3.2 Thermal Comfort 3.3 Sensorial comfort 3.4 Movement comfort 3.5 Conclusions 3.6 References 4. Protective Performance of Firefighters’ Clothing 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Evaluation and assessment of the protective performance of fabrics and clothing under thermal hazards 4.3 Evaluation and assessment of the protective performance of fabrics and clothing under non-thermal hazards 4.4 Key issues related to the protective performance of firefighters’ clothing 4.5 Summary and Conclusions 4.6 References 5. Stored thermal energy and protective performance 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Relationship between transmitted and stored thermal energy 5.3 Evaluation method and standard related to stored thermal energy and protective performance 5.4 Influence factors of transmitted and stored thermal energy 5.5 Future trends 5.6 References 6. Functionality and Thermo physiological Comfort of Firefighter Protective Clothing: A Case Study 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Materials and Material Structures 6.3 Material Attributes Relevant to Thermal Comfort 6.4 Use of Absorbent Materials for Improved Comfort 6.5 Effect of surface characteristics of inner layer fabrics on comfort 6.6 Effect of surface characteristics of lightweight fibre blended fabrics on comfort 6.7 Garment Fit and Comfort 6.8 Conclusions 6.9 References 7. Hot plates and thermal manikins for evaluating clothing thermal comfort 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Hot plate 7.3 Thermal manikins 7.4 Applications 7.5 Conclusions 7.6 References 8. Human wear trials for assessing comfort performance of firefighter protective clothing 8.1 Background 8.2 Comfort performance evaluation of firefighting clothing 8.3 Human trial case studies on firefighting protective clothing 8.4 Conclusions 8.5 References 9. 3D body scanning technology and applications in protective clothing 9.1 Introduction to recent development of 3D body scanning technology 9.2 Clothing air gap and contact area 9.3 Effect of air gap on clothing thermal performance 9.4 Summary 9.5 References 10. Instrumented Flash Fire Manikin for Maximizing Protective Clothing Performance 10.1 History of Flash Fire Manikin System 10.2 Combustion Chambers and Simulated Fire 10.3 Thermal Sensors Employed in Manikin System 10.4 Standards 10.5 Application and models of flash fire manikins 10.6 Summary 10.7 References 11. Smart firefighting clothing 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Sensors for firefighter’s health state monitoring 11.3 Sensors for monitoring of environmental parameters and firefighter’s location 11.4 Communication in smart firefighting clothing 11.5 Wireless Body Area Sensor Network within smart firefighting clothing 11.6 Challenges 11.7 Conclusions 11.8 References 12. Numerical modelling for heat and moisture transfer through firefighting protective clothing 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Heat and moisture transfer mechanism 12.3 Numerical models of heat and moisture transfer in protective clothing 12.4 Modelling of skin heat transfer and burn prediction 12.5 Conclusions and future trend 12.6 References
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 628.925; Fire fighters -- Uniforms; Fire fighters -- Protection; Fire extinction -- Equipment and supplies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429816406; 9780429816413; 9780429816390; 9780429444876
• Related ISBNs: 9781498742733
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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