Thermal protective clothing for firefighters / Guowen Song, Sumit Mandal and René M. Rossi.

Author/creator Song, Guowen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDuxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Woodhead Publishing, [2017]
Descriptionxvii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Materials Science 2016 [EBCMS16]
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SeriesWoodhead publishing series in textiles ; Number 189
Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 189. ^A696864
Contents 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A brief background on thermal protective clothing for firefighters -- 2. Fires and thermal environments -- 2.1. Uncontrolled fires -- 2.2. Thermal environments faced by firefighters -- 3. Skin burn injuries and heat stress/fatalities -- 3.1. Burn injuries -- 3.2. Heat stress/fatalities -- 3.3. Present scenario on firefighter injuries and fatalities in the United States -- 4. Development of high performance thermal protective clothing -- 4.1. Development of fire-retardant/resistant fibers -- 4.2. Development of high performance fabrics -- 4.3. Development of thermal protective clothing -- 5. Performance evaluation of thermal protective clothing -- 5.1. Softening/melting temperature and flammability evaluation -- 5.2. Thermal protective performance evaluation -- 5.3. Clothing comfort (physiological) evaluation -- 6. Modeling and its implications on performance of thermal protective clothing -- 6.1. Heat and/or mass transfer models -- 6.2. Metabolic heat and/or sweat-vapor transfer models -- 6.3. Further research directions -- 7. Effects of various factors on performance of thermal protective clothing -- 7.1. Fiber properties -- 7.2. Yarn Properties -- 7.3. Fabric properties -- 7.4. Clothing features -- 8. Key issues related to thermal protective clothing -- 8.1. Thermal protective performance evaluation -- 8.2. Design of thermal protective clothing.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018469208
ISBN9780081012857 hardcover
ISBN0081012853 hardcover

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