Textiles for Sportswear

Textiles for Sportswear is an important book that systematically covers key trends in design and materials, the use of novel and smart fabrics, and a range of specific applications. The book begins by surveying the principles of textile applications in sport, including design, materials, and production technology.

The uses of smart textiles in sportswear are then examined, from intelligent materials to wearable technology. Final sections of the text explore comfort in sportswear, sportswear for protection, and recent advances in sportswear technology that are currently being applied to particular sports.

Autorentext
Professor Roshan Shishoo is Director of Shishoo Consulting, Sweden, and former Director of the Swedish Institute for Polymers and Fibres (IFP). A Honorary Fellow of the Textile Institute, he has over 40 years' experience in textile research and development, and is an active member of many scientific organisations and committees.

Klappentext

Textiles for Sportswear is an important book that systematically covers key trends in design and materials, the use of novel and smart fabrics, and a range of specific applications. The book begins by surveying the principles of textile applications in sport, including design, materials, and production technology. . The uses of smart textiles in sportswear are then examined, from intelligent materials to wearable technology. Final sections of the text explore comfort in sportswear, sportswear for protection, and recent advances in sportswear technology that are currently being applied to particular sports.

Inhalt

Part 1 Materials and production technology
1 Introduction to textiles in sport
R. Shishoo, Shishoo Consulting, Sweden
2 Environmentally conscious fabric selection in sportswear design
J. McCann, University of South Wales, UK
3 Recent developments in elastic fibres and yarns for sportswear
J. Hu and J. Lu, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PR of China
4 Biomimetic approach to the design of textiles for sportswear applications
V. Kapsali, Northumbria University, UK
5 Knitting technology for seamless sportswear
O. Troynikov and C. Watson, RMIT University, Australia
6 Joining techniques for sportswear
J. McLoughlin and S. Hayes, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Part 2 Sportswear for performance and protection
7 Physiological strain and comfort in sports clothing
H. Daanen, TNO, The Netherlands
8 Wearable sensors for sports performance
S. Lam Po Tang, Consultant, UK
9 Cold weather sports clothing
R. Rossi, Empa Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
10 Protective headgear for sports
T.E. Gould, S.G. Piland, D.E. Krzeminski and J.W. Rawlins, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
11 Sportswear for snow sports
T. Bechtold, B. Caven and T. Wright, University of Innsbruck, Austria