Protective Clothing: Managing Thermal Stress (Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles)

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. * Explores different types of protective clothing, their uses and their requirements, with an emphasis on full-scale or prototype clothing, including immersion suits, body armour and space suits * Considers novel and commercial technologies for regulating temperature in protective clothing, including phase change materials, shape memory alloys, electrically heated clothing and air and water perfusion-based cooling systems * Reviews the human thermoregulatory system and the methods of modelling of thermal stress in protective clothing through various conditions, including cold water survival and firefighting Content: Front matter, Pages i-iii Copyright, Page iv Contributor contact details, Pages xiii-xvi, F. Wang, C. Gao, H. Mäkinen, K. Jussila, D.H. Sweeney, M.J. Taber, R. Rossi, G. Song, Y. Lu, F. Gholamreza, R.B. Ormond, R.L. Barker, D.J. Carr, E.A. Lewis, V.S. Koscheyev, G.R. Leon, O. Troynikov, N. Nawaz, C. Watson, C. Gao, E. Kim, et al. Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles, Pages xvii-xxiv Introduction, Pages xxv-xxvi Dedication, Page xxvii 1 - Cold-protective clothing: types, design and standards, Pages 3-38, H. Mäkinen, K. Jussila 2 - Cold-water immersion suits, Pages 39-69, D.H. Sweeney, M.J. Taber 3 - Clothing for protection against heat and flames, Pages 70-89, R. Rossi 4 - Clothing for protection against hot-liquid splash and steam hazards, Pages 90-111, G. Song, Y. Lu, F. Gholamreza 5 - Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective clothing, Pages 112-145, R.B. Ormond, R.L. Barker 6 - Ballistic-protective clothing and body armour, Pages 146-170, D. Carr, E.A. Lewis 7 - Spacesuits: development and design for thermal comfort, Pages 171-191, V.S. Koscheyev, G.R. Leon 8 - Medical protective clothing, Pages 192-224, O. Troynikov, N. Nawaz, C. Watson 9 - Phase-change materials (PCMs) for warming or cooling in protective clothing, Pages 227-249, C. Gao 10 - Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) for warming or cooling in protective clothing, Pages 250-280, E. Kim 11 - Electrically heated clothing (EHC) for protection against cold stress, Pages 281-295, P. Xu, F. Wang, M. Zhao 12 - Air and water perfusion-based personal cooling systems (PCSs) to protect against heat stress in protective clothing, Pages 296-315, M. Morrissey, F. Wang 13 - The human thermoregulatory system and its response to thermal stress, Pages 319-365, G.P. Kenny, A.D. Flouris 14 - Modelling of cold stress and cold strain in protective clothing, Pages 366-391, F. Wang 15 - Cold-exposure survival and modeling offshore antiexposure garments, Pages 392-415, E.H. Wissler 16 - Modeling heat stress and heat strain in protective clothing, Pages 416-434, P. Bishop, K. Crew, J. Wingo, A. Nawaiseh 17 - Modeling thermal skin burning in protective clothing, Pages 435-454, A. Ghazy Index, Pages 455-472 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.

• Explores different types of protective clothing, their uses and their requirements, with an emphasis on full-scale or prototype clothing, including immersion suits, body armour and space suits
• Considers novel and commercial technologies for regulating temperature in protective clothing, including phase change materials, shape memory alloys, electrically heated clothing and air and water perfusion-based cooling systems
• Reviews the human thermoregulatory system and the methods of modelling of thermal stress in protective clothing through various conditions, including cold water survival and firefighting