Protective clothing: managing thermal stress
by Wang, Faming
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 stra…
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- Full title :Protective clothing : managing thermal stress / Faming Wang [aut]; Chuansi Gao [aut]
Summary
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 emphas.
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Woodhead Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781782420408, 1782420401, 1322027587, 9781322027586
- oclc:on1281861938
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