TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Characterization of textile fabrics under various thermal exposures
JO  - Textile research journal
A1  - Mandal, Sumit
A1  - Song, Guowen
A1  - Ackerman, Mark
A1  - Paskaluk, Stephen
A1  - Gholamreza, Farzan
SP  - 1005
EP  - 1019
VL  - 83
IS  - 10
N2  - This study explores the behavior of textile fabrics under thermal exposures. The performance of thermal protective textile fabric systems with different structural features was evaluated under laboratory simulated thermal exposures. The study demonstrated that the protective performance of textile fabric systems varies with different types of thermal exposure. To provide effective protection in flame and radiant-heat exposures, the most important fabric properties to address are emissivity, absorptivity and thermal resistance. In hot surface exposures, the compression property of the fabric systems is the primary feature to consider for protection. Hot water and steam exposures produce mass transfer through fabrics. In the presence of water or steam jet pressure, fabric compression is a primary factor in protecting the human body. The findings obtained in this study can be used to engineer fabric systems that provide better protection from various thermal exposures.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0040-5175
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040517512461707
ID  - ref1
ER  -