R Sishoo

Textiles in Sport

Herausgegeben:Shishoo, Roshan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The technical developments in the sports clothing industry has resulted in the use of functional textiles for highly-specialised performances in different sports. Developments include thermal and functional properties and coated and laminated clothes. With bio- and smart materials providing such a strong focus in the textile industry generally, companies are going for 'value-added' textiles, such as in-built sensors which monitor performance. In-built wear comfort is a growing market trend and includes clothing which improves the skin's performance. Written by a distinguished editor and a team of authors from the cutting edge of textile research, Textiles in sport discusses high-performance, high-function and intelligent textiles for sportswear.

Produktdetails

• Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology / Woodhead Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2013-0-17936-6
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9781855739222
• ISBN-10: 1855739224
• Artikelnr.: 36154962

Autorenporträt

Professor Roshan Shishoo is Director of Shishoo Consulting, AB, a consulting firm based in Sweden, that focuses on research and development and business development strategies in the textile industry. Previously, he was Managing Director and Director of Research at the Swedish Institute for Fibre and Polymer Research, IFP.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Current sportswear market: Market overview; Key trends in sportswear design; Material requirements for the design of performance sportswear; Functional sport footwear. Part 2 Innovative fibres and fabrics in sport: High performance and high functional fibres and textiles; Smart and intelligent textiles and fibres; Coated and laminated textiles in sportswear. Part 3 Sportswear and comfort: Physiological comfort of sportswear; Elastic textiles. Part 4 Protection: Is protection part of the game? Protection against impact using clothing and personal equipment; Protection against cold; Water resistance and water vapour transfer. Part 5 Specific applications: Textile composites in sports products; Textiles in sailing; Textile use in sport shoes.

Rezensionen

"This book provides a well-balanced and extremely useful account of textiles in sport." --Textile Month