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June 30, 2024

Protective gloves: Study of the resistance of gloves to multiple mechanical aggressors. Phase 2

Abstract

Hand injuries account for 19% of all injuries for which the CSST compensates workers, with payouts amounting to $264 million between 2003 and 2005. Close to half of such injuries are cuts and pricks. IRSST scientists have already studied cuts, punctures and needlesticks separately. Yet in food preparation, metal machining and the police, among other fields, the risks are often multiple (both cuts and punctures) or even combined (knifepoint or metal shards), forcing some workers to wear one pair of gloves on top of another.

The complex problem of resistance to multiple mechanical aggressors has scarcely been explored. The objective of this project is therefore to study, experimentally and theoretically, the various aspects of the interaction of materials with the simultaneous risks of cuts and punctures and to suggest an appropriate method of characterizing glove resistance to multiple mechanical aggressors representative of workplace conditions.

The project will expand experimental and theoretical knowledge of multiple mechanical aggressors. It will also serve to develop a method of characterizing the resistance of glove materials to multiple mechanical aggressors. The method will be used to enhance the glove-selection guide on the IRSST site (www.irsst.qc.ca/gants/en).

Produced Under this Project

  • Investigation of tearing mechanisms of woven textile

    Triki E., Nguyen-Tri P., Boukehili H., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    Polymer Composites, vol. 33, no 9, 2012, p. 1578-1585

  • Tear behavior of polyester-based coated textiles after thermo-oxidative aging

    Triki E., Arrieta C., Boukehili H., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    Polymer Composites, vol. 33, no 6, 2012, p. 1007-1017

  • Durability and performance of protective clothing after multi-stress aging

    Arrieta C., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    in European Conference on Protective Clothing (ECPC) and Nokobetef 10, Future of Protective Clothing: Intelligent or not, (5th : May 29-31, 2012 : Valencia, Spain), 2012

  • Rubture mechanisms and mechanics of protective glove materials under combined puncture and cutting

    Triki E., Azaiez M., Chantal Gauvin, Nguyen T. P., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    in European Conference on Protective Clothing (ECPC) and Nokobetef 11 Safe, Smart, Sustainable... New Pathways for Protective Clothing, (6th : May 14-16, 2014 : Bruges, Belgium), 2014

  • New approach for characterization of simultaneous puncture/cutting resistance for protective gloves

    Triki E., Nguyen T. P. , Chantal Gauvin, Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    in The Sixth International Conference of Applied Research on Textile / CIRAT-6 (6th : November 13-15, 2014 : Hammamet, Tunisia), 2014

  • Fracture energy corresponding to the puncture/cutting of nitrile rubber by pointed blades

    Triki E., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    Proceeding of 17th International Conference on Mechanical and Production Engineering, Vancouver, Canada.

  • Combined puncture and cutting of elastomer membranes: A fracture energy approach

    Triki E., Nguyen-Tri P., Chantal Gauvin, Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    (2017). Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 134(25). doi: 10.1002/app.44945

  • Modeling of puncture-cutting forces of a soft material based on fracture mechanics

    Triki E., Barthelat F., Chantal Gauvin

    Source :

    (2018). Communication présentée à 16th European Mechanics of Material Conference, Nantes, France.

  • Stress state in combined puncture-cutting of soft materials and tensile-shear fracture criterion

    Triki E., Barthelat F., Chantal Gauvin

    Source :

    (2018). Communication présentée à 8th International Conference on Engineering Failure Analysis, Budapest, Hongrie.

  • Stress state analysis and tensile-shear fracture criterion in combined puncture and cutting of soft materials

    Triki E., Chantal Gauvin

    Source :

    (2019). Engineering Failure Analysis, 106. doi: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2019.08.006

  • Analytical and experimental investigation of puncture-cut resistance of soft membranes

    Triki E., Chantal Gauvin

    Source :

    (2019). Mechanics of Soft Materials, 1(1). doi: 10.1007/s42558-019-0007-z

  • Combined Puncture/cutting of elastomer membranes by pointed blades: Characterization of mechanisms

    Triki E., Nguyen-Tri P., Chantal Gauvin, Azaiez M., Vu-Khanh T.

    Source :

    (2015). Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132(26), 1-8. doi: 10.1002

  • Combined puncture and cutting of soft-coated fabrics by a pointed blade: Energy, force, and stress failure criteria

    Triki E., Chantal Gauvin

    Source :

    (2021). Journal of Industrial Textiles, 51(1), 110-133. doi: 10.1177/1528083719873880

Additional Information

Type: Project
Number: 0099-3770
Status: Completed
Year of completion: 2015
Team:
  • Toan Vu-Khanh (École de technologie supérieure)
  • Meriam Azaiez (École de technologie supérieure)
  • Ennouri Triki (École de technologie supérieure)
  • Chantal Gauvin (IRSST)