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Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety / edited by Sundaresan Jayaraman, Paul Kiekens and Ana Marija Grancaric.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety (2005 : Zadar, Croatia)
- Series:
- NATO security through science series. Information and communication security ; D, v. 3.
- NATO security through science series. D, Information and communication security ; vol. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Personal protective equipment--Congresses.
- Personal protective equipment.
- Smart materials--Congresses.
- Smart materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Technology is the key to combating terrorism and protecting ordinary citizens, first responders and soldiers, among others, from danger. The area of intelligent textiles has a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. Each chapter in the book provides an in-depth assessment of one particular facet of this emerging discipline - from analysis of the threats and sensing technologies to ergonomics of protecting clothing - presented by leading international experts.
- Contents:
- Title page; Preface; Content; Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety; Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety: The Emerging Discipline; The Wearable Motherboard: The New Class of Adaptive and Responsive Textile Structures; New Textile Materials for Environmental Protection; Wearable Mechanosensing and Emerging Technologies in Fabric-Based Actuation; Flexible Displays on Textiles for Personal Protection; Conductivity Based Sensors for Protection and Healthcare; Optical Chemical Sensors and Personal Protection
- Ergonomics of Protective Clothing Heat Strain and Fit; Author Index
- Notes:
- Proceedings from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety, Zadar, Croatia, 7-10 September 2005.
- "Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."
- "This publication is supported by: The NATO Programme for Security through Science"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and author index.
- ISBN:
- 6610505284
- 1-280-50528-1
- 9786610505289
- 1-4237-9747-7
- 1-60750-166-X
- 600-00-0464-8
- 1-60129-145-0
- OCLC:
- 560376597
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