Research in Protective Clothing for Firefighters: State of the Art and Future Directions

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1970
This paper presents a summary of documented research into protective clothing for firefighters. Particular emphasis is placed on research into estimating the useful life of this clothing and the development of test standards for evaluating its thermal protection. Other areas covered in this review include moisture transfer in clothing, heat stress, design criteria, chemical protective clothing, and heat transfer modeling of protective clothing. Recommendations for future protective clothing research are also presented.
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Authors David A. Torvi;George V. Hadjisophocleus;David A. Torvi;George V. Hadjisophocleus;
Journal fire technology
Year 1970
DOI doi:10.1023/A:1015411804979
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https://doi.org/10.1023%2FA%3A1015411804979
Keywords
physics civil engineering general classical mechanics characterization and evaluation of materials

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