Thermal performance of fire fighters' protective clothing
Subtitle: 1 : Numerical study of transient heat and water vapor transfer
By: Kuldeep Prasad, William Twilley, J. Randall Lawson
Contributors: Twilley, William H.; Lawson, J. R.; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); United States. Federal Emergency Management Administration; United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Series: NISTIR -- 6881
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Gaithersburg, MD
Language: eng
Format: [microform] /
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Heat; Transmission; Mathematical models; Protective clothing; Thermal properties; Fire testing; Fire fighters; Protection; Research
Other titles: Numerical study of transient heat and water vapor transfer
Description: "This study is the first in a series of reports on understanding the performance of fire fighter clothing, in protecting skin from thermal injury that results from exposure to high intensity thermal radiation"--P. 1.
Notes: "August 2002."

"Sponsored in part by: Federal Emergency Management Administration, U.S. Fire Administration."

Shipping list no.: 2002-0548-M.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-32).