Possibilities for qualitative evaluation of the protection area of protective clothing

Dominik Muenks; Jasmin Pilgrim; Kyosev Yordan

doi:10.25367/cdatp.2022.3.p156-162

Authors

Dominik Muenks Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM), Technische Universität Dresden, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-4471
Jasmin Pilgrim Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM), Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Kyosev Yordan Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products, Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM), Technische Universität Dresden, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-1423

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25367/cdatp.2022.3.p156-162

Keywords:

stab protection, protective clothing, comfort, protective surface, body scan, safety clothes, coverage

Abstract

Protective clothing, worn for example by police, ambulance and private security services, has the task of protecting against weapon attacks and is becoming increasingly important. International standards specify test methods to ensure the protective effects and classes, but the protective surfaces or the wearing comfort are not defined more detailed in the standards. In the study, a new measurement method is developed and presented for determining the percentage of protected body parts by a stab protective vest. After considering various approaches, the combination of scanned 3D/4D body data and appropriate processing turned out to be the most suitable. With the developed method, the projection of protective surfaces onto scanned bodies or avatars is possible. This study helps defining a key indicator of the protected areas and therefore makes different vest variants more comparable.

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