Merits of Employing Carbon Foam Fabrics in Firefighter’s Helmet Shell

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• Personal Author:
  Elgafy A
• Description:
  Firefighter's helmet shell should possess thermal and impact resistance, lightweight, accommodation and durability. Many manufacturers, in general, are using leather and polycarbonate materials. Numerous research work is conducted to comprehend the appropriate materials/composites that would achieve some of these characteristics. Yet, to find a material/composite that attains all these characteristics is still a challenge. Conversely, carbon foam fabric has a very light weight and possesses most of these characteristics. Additionally, its cellular structure would reduce damage from impacts and would provide at the same time insulation properties. For all these exceptional properties, carbon foam fabric would be used efficiently in firefighter's helmet shell. The present work is a numerical parametric study to investigate and predict the merits of using carbon foam fabric as an alternative material for firefighter's helmet shell. In this context both thermal and mechanical characteristics for different carbon foams will be examined numerically under alternate thermal and mechanical stresses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Carbon Fibers Fabrics Fire Fighters Fire Resistant Materials Materials Testing Personal Protective Equipment PPE
• Publisher:
  University of Cincinnati
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052578
• Citation:
  12th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 13-14, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, 2011 Oct; :1
• Email:
  elgafya@ucmail.uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  12th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 13-14, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:52dc39ab3039d2e730a65bae2a56999ef7826b37d9277fa705b7841f800f6492b98dfd6158de3f054d1f0a0cb5f269269c3f12eb3c57a0c8f270ffea552a8583
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212087/cdc_212087_DS1.pdf
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