Coated and Laminated Textiles for Aerostats and Airships: Material Challenges and Technology [Paperback]

Aerostats/airships are lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft which are generally used in defense applications and face many harsh environmental conditions. This book covers material challenges and technology innovation in coated and laminated textiles for aerostat/airship including materials used by different countries, challenges and future scope.Mangala Joshi is a Professor in the Department of Textile Technology at IIT Delhi. She specializes in Polymer / Fiber Science & Technology and is an alumnus of IIT Delhi having obtained her M Tech and PhD degrees in Polymer Science and Technology in the year 1986 and 1992 respectively. Her current research interests are - Nanotechnology Applications in Textiles, Polymer Nanocomposites: fibers and coatings, Nano-Biomaterials, Nanocoatings and Nanofibers, Bioactive and Functional Textiles and Environmental Friendly Technologies. She has been involved in investigating several sponsored research projects funded by DST (Nanomission), Govt. of India, Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE, Agra) DRDO, Department of Biotechnology (DBT- Govt. of India) and Industry both national and international. She is the recipient of 3rd National award (2012-13) for Technology Innovation under the category of R &D in the field of Polymer Science and Technology awarded by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt of India.
She is the coordinator of research vertical on Smart and Intelligent Textiles under the Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC) set up at IIT Delhi by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) under an MOU. She is the principal investigator of research project on Development of Materials for Aerostat and Airship Envelope under JATC. She was also a member of Nano Research Group at IIT Delhi working on Bioactive Nanocomposites under a sponsored project by US multinational Lockheed Martin wherein she holds a US patent and currently workló*