Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety /

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 pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Public Diplomacy Division, NATO Programme for Security through Science, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety
Other Authors: Jayaraman, Sundaresan, Kiekens, Paul, 1955-, Grancaric, Ana Marija
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, ©2006.
Series:NATO security through science series. Information and communication security ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Personal protective equipment > Congresses.
Smart materials > Congresses.
Vêtements de protection > Congrès.
Matériaux intelligents > Congrès.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
Personal protective equipment.
Smart materials.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Advanced research workshop on intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety / Paul Kiekens
  • Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety: the emerging discipline / Sungmee Park and Sundaresan Jayaraman
  • The wearable motherboard: the new class of adaptive and responsive textile structures / Sungmee Park and Sundaresan Jayaraman
  • New textile materials for environmental protection / Izabella Krucińska, Eulalia Klata and Michal Chrzanowski
  • Wearable mechanosensing and emerging technologies in fabric-based actuation / Danilo De Rossi [and others]
  • Flexible displays on textiles for personal protection / Vladan Koncar and Franc̦ois Boussu
  • Conductivity based sensors for protection and healthcare / Lieva Van Langenhove and Carla Hertleer
  • Optical chemical sensors and personal protection / Aleksandra Lobnik
  • Ergonomics of protective clothing; heat strain and fit / Hein A.M. Daanen, Peter A. Refeltrath and Claudy L. Koerhuis.

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