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Publisher
IOS Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Series
Woodhead publishing in textiles volume no. 133
Publisher
Woodhead Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
There is an ongoing need to test and ensure effectiveness of personal protective equipment that soldiers use to protect themselves against chemical warfare agents. However, testing using human subjects presents major challenges and current human-size thermal mannequins have limited testing capabilities. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) along with their counterparts from other countries are seeking to develop more human like mannequins, which would...