THERMAL DEGRADATION OF FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT GEAR DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF MOISTURE
dc.contributor.advisor | di Marzo, Marino | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Perry, Justin Angelo | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Fire Protection Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-08T05:33:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-08T05:33:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This research examines the effect of moisture on firefighting turnout gear. As moisture from perspiration penetrates a firefighters clothing and eventually migrates into his turnout gear, the thermal properties of the fabric are altered, resulting in thermal degradation. A numerical simulation was developed using a one dimensional heat conduction equation solved using Crank Nicholson finite difference methodology. Moisture was prescribed to penetrate the inner layers of the turnout gear and tracked using a regain measurement. Experimental tests were then performed under conditions with and without moisture with a radiant panel suspended over a guarded sweatplate to validate the results from the numerical simulation. The numerical simulation developed will be used in combination with future testing to design more effective firefighter turnout gear. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/11767 | |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Engineering | en_US |
dc.title | THERMAL DEGRADATION OF FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT GEAR DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF MOISTURE | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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