Development of Thermally Durable Coated Fabrics for Use in Flight Gloves.

Abstract

The flight gloves currently supplied to Air Force flight crew members provide softness, tactile response, gripping power and durability, but in contact with flame or in heated environments, their leather burns, shrinks violently, and becomes stiff and brittle. Because of potential danger, an effort is reported to develop materials with mechanical performance characteristics similar to those of leather, but which are flameproof and thermally stable.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737099

Entities

People

  • Ernest R. Kaswell
  • John Skelton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aviation Personnel
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Flight Crews
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Resilience

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Robotics and Automation.