An object of the present invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet which can be manufactured into a molded body exhibiting excellent appearance quality as well as exhibits both high moldability and strength and a manufacturing method of such a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet. The present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet which is a random laminated body of a tape-shaped unidirectional prepreg and contains spread reinforcement fibers and a polymer (a) and in which the polymer (a) is a polymer of at least a bisphenol A type epoxy compound represented by Formula (1): ##STR00001##
where n is an integer of 1 to 4
and a bisphenol compound selected from the group consisting of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, bisphenol B, bisphenol E, and bisphenol P.

A structural assembly of an aircraft has a fastener extending into first and second structural members. A washer is disposed between the fastener and one of the structural members to electrically insulate the fastener and the structural members. The washer has a core of reinforcement fibers supported in a thermoplastic matrix material. Electrically-insulating outer layers of glass fibers overlay the core.

The present invention provides a method for preparing an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) composite material including the following steps: providing a substrate material having medical grade ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powders, drying the substrate material to obtain fully dried UHMWPE powders, and pressing the fully dried UHMWPE powders to form a UHMWPE board; immersing the UHMWPE board into a graphene oxide solution and performing an ultrasonic induction by an ultrasonic processor such that the graphene oxide solution infiltrates into the UHMWPE substrate to obtain an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composite material with excellent biocompatibility and tribological properties. The graphene oxide can be adsorbed and evenly spread on the surface of UHMWPE substrate by ultrasonic induction to form a lubricating film which can effectively reduce wear.

Methods of forming a lightweight reinforced thermoplastic core layer and articles including the core layer are described. In some examples, the methods use a combination of thermoplastic material, reinforcing fibers and bicomponent fibers to enhance retention of lofting agents in the core layer. The processes permit the use of less material while still providing sufficient lofting capacity in the final formed core layer.

The present invention provides a method for making a sole structure with a knitted fabric and a sole structure. The method comprises steps of: placing a thermoplastic filling material in a knitted fabric, sealing an opening of the knitted fabric, placing the knitted fabric with the opening sealed in a mold, applying a heating temperature to melt the thermoplastic filling material of the knitted fabric, and restricting a shape of the knitted fabric via the mold to make a sole structure. The sole structure includes a compressible elastomer and a knitting texture wrapped around the compressible elastomer and fused with a surface of the compressible elastomer. The compressible elastomer is formed from the thermoplastic filling material after being melted and cooled. The knitting texture is formed from the knitted fabric and is capable of being directly observed from an appearance of the sole structure.

A high modulus composite part is disclosed comprising a polymer resin; and a plurality of high-performance unidirectional glass fibers. The high-performance unidirectional glass fibers have an elastic modulus of at least 89 GPa and a tensile strength of at least 4,000 MPa, according to ASTM D2343-09. The composite part comprises a fiber weight fraction (FWF) of no more than 88% and an elastic modulus of at least 60 GPa, according to ASTM D7205.

A golf putter has a shaft of composite materials, a putter head having a stud for mounting to the shaft of composite materials, and a grip affixed to the shaft. The shaft is a hollow shaft and the surface is sanded and cleaned before a first layer of pre-preg material is rolled onto the shaft and secured with an adhesive layer. At least one additional layer of the pre-preg material is rolled onto the first layer of the pre-preg material and secured using adhesive. Additional layers of pre-preg material may be applied to the hollow shaft. Cellophane is wrapped on top of the at least one layer of the pre-preg material prior to heat curing of the hollow shaft. After heat curing, the cellophane is removed and the surface is sanded and decorated.

[Problem] A metal-fiber reinforced resin material composite is provided which improves the shear strength between a metallic member and a fiber reinforced material by more strongly bonding the metallic member and the fiber reinforced resin member, and which is very light and has excellent workability while increasing strength. [Solution] This metal-fiber reinforced resin material composite is provided with a metallic member and with a fiber reinforced resin material that is stacked on at least one surface of the metallic member and combined with the metallic member, wherein the fiber reinforced resin material comprises a matrix resin containing a thermoplastic resin, a reinforcing fiber material included in the matrix resin, and a resin layer interposed between the reinforcing fiber material and the metallic member and comprising a resin of the same type as the matrix resin. The shear strength of the metallic member and the fiber reinforced resin material is greater than or equal to 0.8 MPa.

The present disclosure provides a method of mesh generation for an RTM process, including operations of: obtaining a geometry of a target object; generating a solid mesh of the target object according to the geometry; obtaining material characteristics of the target object; assembling a runner mesh with the solid mesh, wherein the runner mesh has grid dimensions different from those of the solid mesh; determining process parameters of the RTM process; and generating a forecasted result of the RTM process according to the solid mesh, the runner mesh, the process parameters, and the material characteristics. Generating the solid mesh includes operations of: dividing the geometry into modules; generating a first and second modular meshes corresponding to a first and second modules, wherein the second modular mesh abuts the first modular mesh, and the second modular mesh has grid dimensions different from those of the first modular mesh.

A fiber-reinforced composite molded article which is obtained by molding reinforcing fibers and an epoxy resin, while containing a silicone oil as an internal mold release agent, and which is characterized in that the fragment ion intensity ratio A/B as detected in case where the molded article surface is analyzed by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is expressed by the relationship of 3≤A/B≤20. A: The intensity of a fragment ion that has the highest intensity among the fragment ions derived from the silicone oil. B: The intensity of a fragment ion that has the highest intensity among the fragment ions derived from the epoxy resin. A fiber-reinforced resin molded article according to the present invention is capable of achieving high productivity and high quality by effectively exhibiting releasability from a mold with a small addition amount of a mold release agent without using an external mold release agent, while being capable of exhibiting high adhesion to other members without requiring a special surface treatment such as sanding.