MILITARY TEXTILES
CONTENTS PART I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY TEXTILES FUTURE SOLDIER REQUIREMENTS: DEALING WITH COMPLEXITY INTRODUCTION THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE SOLDIER DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY: THE IMPACT OF THE HUMAN PROVISION OF CAPABILITY AND HOW TO MAKE TRADE-OFF DECISIONS SUMMARY REFERENCES NON-WOVEN FABRICS FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS PROTECTIVE MATERIALS, DEVICES AND END-USE REQUIREMENTS PROPER SELECTION OF ? BERS VARIATIONS OF ? BER FORMS FILAMENT LAY-UP COMPOSITES HISTORICAL USES OF NON-WOVEN BALLISTIC-RESISTANT FABRICS METHODOLOGIES FOR USE OF NON-WOVEN BALLISTIC- RESISTANT FABRICS FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR NON-WOVEN FABRIC APPLICATIONS CONTENTS MECHANICAL FAILURE CRITERIA FOR TEXTILES AND TEXTILE DAMAGE RESISTANCE INTRODUCTION: MATERIAL RESISTANCE, STRENGTH AND FAILURE MATERIAL STRENGTHS THE PECULIARITIES OF TEXTILE MECHANICS FAILURE CRITERIA FOR FABRICS OTHER FORMS OF FAILURE FOR FABRICS AND GARMENTS FABRIC AND GARMENT FAILURE REDUCTION THE SENSORY PROPERTIES AND COMFORT OF MILITARY FABRICS AND CLOTHING THE SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROPERTIES OF FABRICS AND CLOTHING THE COMFORT PROPERTIES OF FABRICS AND CLOTHING COGNITIVE IN? UENCES ON FABRICS AND CLOTHING HANDFEEL AND COMFORT EVALUATIONS OF MILITARY FABRICS COGNITIVE IN? UENCES ON FABRIC AND CLOTHING PERCEPTION THE ROLE OF CLOTHING COMFORT ON MILITARY PERFORMANCE CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENT TESTING AND ANALYZING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS FOR THE MILITARY THE MULTIPLICITY OF CHARACTERIZATION METHODOLOGIES OF COMFORT THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN PROTECTION AND COMFORT THE COMFORT TRILOBITE: TACTILE, THERMAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELING THE COMFORT PHENOMENA: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE COMFORT AND PROTECTION IN MILITARY CLOTHING MULTIPLE-LAYER SYSTEMS FUTURE TRENDS SWEAT MANAGEMENT FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION: BODY/CLOTHING/ENVIRONMENT – THE MICROCLIMATE HEAT, MOISTURE AND INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE MICROCLIMATE HEAT AND MOISTURE INTERACTIONS IN THE MICROCLIMATE SWEAT MANAGEMENT FOR MILITARY APPAREL APPLICATIONS COLD-WEATHER CLOTHING COLD WEATHER PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO COLD CLOTHING DESIGN PRINCIPLES ESTIMATION OF THE CLOTHING INSULATION REQUIRED EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEXTILES AND GARMENTS SELECTION OF CLOTHING FOR COLD WEATHER SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE DESIGNING MILITARY UNIFORMS WITH HIGH-TECH MATERIALS DESIGN PROCESS FEATURES OF MILITARY UNIFORMS PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING THERMAL MANAGEMENT SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE MANAGEMENT FLAME RESISTANCE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE BODY ARMOR CONTENTS PART II PROTECTION HIGH-PERFORMANCE BALLISTIC ? BERS CLASSICAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE ? BERS RIGID CHAIN AROMATIC HIGH-PERFORMANCE ? BERS HIGH-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE ? BERS HIGH-PERFORMANCE THERMOPLASTIC ? BERS PHYSICAL PROPERTIES COMPARISON REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE ? BERS ARAMID ? BERS GEL SPINNING OF ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE (HMPE) ? BER POLY(P-PHENYLENEBENZOBISOXAZOLE) (PBO) ? BER BALLISTICS TESTING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS MILITARY USAGE OF TEXTILES ARMOR TESTING BALLISTIC LIMIT (V50) TESTING RESIDUAL VELOCITY TESTING BALLISTIC RESISTANCE TESTING BLUNT TRAUMA (BACK-FACE DEFORMATION) TESTING APPENDIX 101: US MILITARY STANDARDS FOR ARMORING MATERIALS AND COMMODITIES APPENDIX 102: GLOSSARY CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROTECTION CURRENT CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL (CB) PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT STANDARDS DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROTECTIVE MATERIALS PROPER PROTECTIVE MATERIAL DESIGNS CLOTHING SYSTEM DESIGNS TESTING AND EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL (CB) PROTECTIVE MATERIALS AND CLOTHING SYSTEMS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX 111: CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT CHARACTERISTICS APPENDIX 112: SELECTED BIOLOGICAL AGENT CHARACTERISTICS APPENDIX 113: PROTECTIVE GLOVES AND SHOES APPENDIX 114: OVERGARMENT AND OTHER CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SYSTEMS APPENDIX 115: IMPROVED TOXICOLOGICAL AGENT PROTECTIVE ENSEMBLE (ITAP), SELF-CONTAINED, TOXIC, ENVIRONMENT PROTECTIVE OUT? T (STEPO) AND OTHER SELECTED CIVILIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE CLOTHING SYSTEMS APPENDIX 116: SELECTED TOXIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (TICS) SELF-DECONTAMINATING MATERIALS FOR CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SELF-DECONTAMINATING MATERIALS APPLICATIONS CAMOU? AGE FABRICS FOR MILITARY PROTECTIVE CLOTHING METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF CAMOU? AGE TEXTILES CHROMIC MATERIALS IDENTI? CATION OF CHROMOPHORES SYNTHESIS OF NEW POLYMERS SYNTHESIS OF MONOMERIC AND OLIGOMERIC CHROMOPHORES CONDUCTIVE/CONJUGATED POLYMERS EMISSIVE POLYMERS SURFACE ATTACHMENT OF CHROMOPHORES TO CONDUCTING POLYMERS PROCESSING OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS ASSEMBLING OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN COATINGS AND ? BERS FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS CHEMICAL AGENT RESISTANT COATINGS IN? UENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS WATER-REDUCIBLE, TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE, CHEMICAL AGENT-RESISTANT COATING (CARC) TOPCOAT CONTRIBUTION OF BINDERS AND PIGMENTS FUNCTIONAL GARMENTS FOR SOLDIERS NEW-GENERATION ? BERS FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY MILITARY FABRICS FOR ? AME PROTECTION TYPES OF FABRICS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURING ? AME AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE CLOTHING SYSTEM CON? GURATIONS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE