Protective Armor Engineering Design

ISBN-13: 9781774634646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 328 str.

Magdi El Messiry

Opis

With increasing interest in the area of protective vests, this new book, Protective Armor Engineering Design, provides an in-depth survey of the state of the art of research and practical techniques in the area of protected fabrics, especially stab-resistant and bulletproof fabrics.

Spis treści

Part I: Historical Background And Developments Of Body Armor  1. History of Protection Armor  Part II: Textile Materials For Flexible Protective Armor  2. Textile Materials for Flexible Armor 3. Material Design Principles of Flexible Protective Armor  Part III: Protective Armor Design Aspects  4. Stab Resistance of Flexible Protective Armor  5. Bulletproof Flexible Protective Armor  6. Flexible Protective Armor: Modern Designs  Part IV: Protective Armor Testing Methods: Fibers, Yarns, Fabrics, And Protective Vests  7. Testing Methods for Materials and Protective Vest: Different Components Appendix I: Testing Standards for Fibers, Yarns, and Protective Fabrics Appendix II: Additional Test Procedures for Bulletproof Vests

O autorze

Magdi El Messiry, PhD, is Professor of Textile Composite Material Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University, Egypt, and also acts as an international expert on innovation and technology transfer, as well as textile technology. He previously held the position of Vice Dean for Community Services and Environmental Affairs at Alexandria University and served as the Chair of the Textile Department. For his experience in the textile field, he was appointed as a member of the Directing Board of the Spinning and Weaving Holding Company, the main textile company in Egypt, and is also a technical adviser to the owner board. He has led many projects on energy conservation, textile technology and nanotechnology, funded by the National Science Foundation (USA), ARST (Egypt), and Alexandria University, Egypt. A prolific author, he has written over 175 papers in the fields of textile and materials science, and nanotechnology and is the author of several books, including Natural Fiber Textile Composite Engineering (Apple Academic Press).