Advances in military textiles and personal equipment / edited by E. Sparks. - Oxford : Woodhead, c2012. - xxiv, 325 p., [4] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Woodhead publishing series in textiles ; no. 122 . - Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 122. .

Published in Association with the Textile Institute.

Part 1. Design issues in military clothing and equipment: Key issues in body armour: threats, materials and design / I. Horsfall ; Assessing military equipment requirements and capability: the Australian experience / J. Davy ; Anthropometric methods for the successful design of military clothing and equipment / D. J. Carr, C. A. Wilson and R. M. Lang ; Psychological issues in military uniform design / G. P. Krueger ; Colour and camouflage: design issues in military clothing / J. Baumbach ; Materials and design issues for military helmets / A. M. S. Hamouda, R. M. Sohaimi, A. M. A. Zaidi and S. Abdullah ; Design issues in military footwear and handwear / G. Torrens, I. Campbell, and W. Tutton -- Part 2. Applications to particular types of military clothing and equipment: Customization of a lightweight bullet-proof vest for the female form / F. Boussu and P. Bruniaux ; Optimisation of body armour design parameters: vulnerability and survivability assessment / C. Couldrick ; High-performance ballistic protection using polymer nanocomposites / D. K. Y. Tam, S. Ruan, P. Gao and T. Yu ; Modelling the comfort and protection qualities of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective clothing / P. Brasser and M. Sobera ; Advances in materials for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective clothing / U. Turaga, R. J. Kendall, V. Singh, M. Lalagiri, and S. S. Ramkumar ; Designing load carriage systems for military personnel / W. Tutton ; Advanced hydration systems for soldiers: the example of the US Army ; J. Kirk.



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