Intelligent Textiles and Clothing for Ballistic and NBC Protection

Technology at the Cutting Edge

  • Paul Kiekens
  • Sundaresan Jayaraman
Conference proceedings

Part of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics book series (NAPSB)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. The Engineering Design of Intelligent Protective Textiles and Clothing
    Sungmee Park, Sundaresan Jayaraman
    Pages 1-27
  3. Wearable Optical Chemical Sensors
    Aleksandra Lobnik
    Pages 29-52
  4. Textiles and Microbes
    Jean Freney, François N. R. Renaud
    Pages 53-81
  5. Assessment of the Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer Through Protective Garments Using Manikins and Other Advanced Measurement Devices
    René M. Rossi, Agnes Psikuta
    Pages 83-98
  6. Heat Strain in Personal Protective Clothing: Challenges and Intervention Strategies
    T. M. McLellan, H. A. M. Daanen
    Pages 99-118
  7. Smart Textiles: An Overview
    Lieva Van Langenhove, Carla Hertleer, Anne Schwarz
    Pages 119-136
  8. Innovative 3D Textile Structures for Soft Body Armor Protection: The EPIDARM Project
    Jérôme Maillet, Marie Lefebvre, François Boussu, Marc Pirlot
    Pages 137-156
  9. Activated Natural Zeolites on Textiles: Protection from Radioactive Contamination
    A. M. Grancaric, I. Prlic, A. Tarbuk, G. Marovic
    Pages 157-176
  10. Developments in Decontamination Technologies of Military Personnel and Equipment
    Utkarsh R. Sata, Seshadri S. Ramkumar
    Pages 177-195
  11. Nanomaterials for Defense Applications
    Uday Turaga, Vinitkumar Singh, Muralidhar Lalagiri, Paul Kiekens, Seshadri S. Ramkumar
    Pages 197-218
  12. Back Matter
    Pages 219-220
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About these proceedings

Introduction

This volume describes the latest developments in protective clothing against nearly any kind of threat for both military and civilians. It deals with protection through the use of nanotechnology, interactive clothing and biotechnological processes. Factors such as comfort and ballistics are also considered in the book, and several practical examples are discussed. All papers are written by leading experts in their respective fields. Professionals and students alike will benefit from the knowledge and expertise imparted in these outstanding contributions.

Keywords

Ballistic and NBC Protection Embedded Electronics and Smart Textiles Ergonomics and Comfort of Textiles Intelligent Textiles Nanotechnology for Personal Protective Textiles

Editors and affiliations

  • Paul Kiekens
    • 1
  • Sundaresan Jayaraman
    • 2
  1. 1., Department of TextilesGhent UniversityZwijnaarde-GentBelgium
  2. 2., School of Textile & Fiber EngineeringGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0576-0
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Physics and Astronomy
  • Print ISBN 978-94-007-0575-3
  • Online ISBN 978-94-007-0576-0
  • Series Print ISSN 1874-6500
  • Series Online ISSN 1874-6535
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