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May 11 2006, 2:00 PM EST

Get an overview of the Theories and Principles behind designing Human Body Biomechanics

News source: Business Wire

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c36839) has announced the addition of Biomechanical Engineering of Textiles and Clothing to their offering.

Biomechanical engineering enables wearers to achieve the highest level of comfort, fit and interaction from their clothing as they are designed with the mechanics of the body in mind. This enables products to be developed that are specifically designed for the mechanics of their end purpose (e.g. sports bra) as well as the everyday movement of the body. This is the first book to systematically describe the techniques of biomechanical engineering principles, methods, computer simulation, measurements and applications.

"Biomechanical Engineering of Textiles and Clothing" addresses issues of designing and producing textiles and clothing for optimum interaction and contact with the body. It covers the fundamental theories, principles and models behind design and engineering for the human body's biomechanics, contact problems arising between textiles/clothing and the body and the mechanics of fibres, yarns, textiles and clothing. Material properties are discussed in relation to mechanical performance. It also includes coverage of the Clothing Biomechanical Engineering System developed at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and its associated models and databases. The book concludes with practical examples of clothing applications to illustrate how to carry out biomechanical engineering design for specific applications.

About the editors

Dr Y Li is a Professor at The Institute of Textiles and Clothing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a Fellow of the Textile Institute, a member of several professional bodies and has more than 350 scientific publications and patents.

Dr Dai was a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Institute of Clothing and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

Topics Covered

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Theoretical background

-- Fiber mechanics

-- Yarn mechanics

-- Fabric mechanics

-- Clothing mechanics

-- Human body

-- Mechanics of human skin and underlying soft tissues

-- Contact mechanics in garment wearing

-- Clothing comfort and compression therapy

Part 3 Material properties: Fibers; Yarns; Fabrics; Human skin.

Part 4 Clothing biomechanical engineering design system (CBED): Integration of mechanical models into numerical simulations

-- Database for CBED

-- Preparing for the mechanical simulation

-- Visualization for the mechanical analysis

Part 5 Applications in clothing biomechanical engineering: Biomechanical engineering of jeans

-- Biomechanical engineering of sports bra

-- Biomechanical engineering of compression stockings

-- Biomechanical engineering of socks

-- Biomechanical engineering of footwear

-- Biomechanical engineering of aerobic sportswear

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c36839

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