Preforms including fiber reinforced nodes for use in fiber reinforced composite structures and methods for making fiber reinforced composite structures. Preforms with woven fabric elements extending radially from a common node include at least one reinforcing fiber interwoven between at least two elements and passing through the node. A method of assembling preform structures using the preforms to provide a structure with reinforced nodes.

The invention relates to a three-dimensionally woven multilayer fibrous structure (20) having the same number of warp yarns woven at any level along the warp direction, the fibrous structure (20) comprising, in the warp direction, a first part (22) and a second part (24), the first part (22) having a thickness measured in a direction perpendicular to the warp and weft directions, greater than the second part (24), characterised in that the spacing between two weft planes along the warp direction is greater in the second part than in the first part (22), and in that the number of weft yarns is lower in the second part (24) than in the first part (22).

The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement Obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. According to the invention, the fibrous reinforcement comprises a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge, and the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprise first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands.

A bionic nested structure fiber composite material includes a first fiber resin layer and a second fiber resin layer which are arranged in parallel, the first fiber resin layer and the second fiber resin layer are formed by a fiber bundle infiltrated with resin, and a bonded fiber unit is arranged between the first fiber resin layer and the second fiber resin layer, the bonded fiber unit are evenly distributed in a radial direction and a weft direction, the bonded fiber unit includes an inner core layer bonded fiber bundle, a middle core layer bonded fiber bundle and an outer core layer bonded fiber bundle, and the bonded fiber unit is performed 3D integrated layer-by-layer inner and outer nesting-and-weaving to form bionic nested structure.

A vane includes a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weaving densified by a matrix, the fiber reinforcement including in a single woven part a root portion and an airfoil portion extending along a longitudinal direction between the root portion and a vane tip portion and along a transverse direction between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The airfoil portion includes first and second extrados and intrados faces. The fiber reinforcement includes a non-interlinking forming a housing inside the fiber reinforcement, a conformation part being present in the housing. The non-interlinking extends over a non-interlinked area inside the airfoil portion of the fiber reinforcement included between the root portion and the vane tip portion in the longitudinal direction and between the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion in the transverse direction, the non-interlinking also opening outside the airfoil portion of the fiber reinforcement.

The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement Obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded. According to the invention, the fibrous reinforcement comprises a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge, and the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprise first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands.

Some embodiments are directed to a preform including reinforcing fibres and shape memory alloy (SMA) wires, a composite material including a polymer matrix with a preform embedded therein, articles including a composite material, methods of making preforms, composite materials and articles.

Disclosed is a method of forming a 3D woven omega-shaped stiffener by flat weaving a plurality of layers of interwoven warp and weft fibers to form a flat woven fabric having a cap portion, a first and a second web portion, a first and second foot portion, and an inner wrap portion. The 3D woven fabric is woven so that least some of the weft fibers are continuous across a juncture between the web portion and the foot portions. The flat woven fabric is then formed into the omega shape.

The invention relates to a blade (3) of a fan (1) of a turbomachine having a structure made of a composite material comprising a fibrous reinforcement (5) obtained by three-dimensional weaving and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement (5) is embedded, the fibrous reinforcement (5) comprising first strands (9) having a predetermined elongation at break, a portion of the fibrous reinforcement (5) further comprising second strands (10) having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands (9).

The invention relates to a heat sink (1) having a main body (2) and a plurality of carbon-nanostructure-based fibres (CNB, 3), more particularly carbon nano tubes (CNT, 4) or graphene fibres, of which at least some are attached to the main body (2). According to the invention, the fibres (3, 4), by adhering to or supporting one another, form a volume structure (12), more particularly in the manner of cotton wool, felt or a spun yarn, or the fibres (3, 4) form loops (6) or a three-dimensional woven fabric.