An auxetic member for load bearing structures has a section including a plurality of structural units, and a top layer provided at a top end of the section and a bottom layer provided at a bottom end of the section. The structural units includes ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces and the ribs with parallel surfaces of the structural units are oriented at an angle a relative to a horizontal plane, the structural unit including a void enclosed by the ribs with parallel surfaces and ribs with re-entrant surfaces. The member is characterized in that the void of the structural units is filled with a packing material for improving load bearing capacity.

A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one consolidated fibrous insert (14) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement having a plurality of ordered fibers arranged in a predetermined manner. The fibrous insert is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert and the mass of polymeric material are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier may be a mass of activatable material.

A disposable wearable article includes an elastic film stretchable structure in which an elastic film is laminated between a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer. The first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded to each other through holes passing through the elastic film with many bonded portions arranged at intervals. A region having the elastic film stretchable structure includes a stretchable region that elastically stretches and contracts together with the elastic film. The stretchable region includes a plurality of elastic films disposed so as to have an overlapping portion. The number of laminated layers of the elastic film in a region located in an intermediate portion of the stretchable region in an orthogonal direction (XD) orthogonal to a stretchable direction (ED) is different from that in each of second regions adjacent to both sides of the first region.

A laser-welded body includes at least three of resin members, which contain a thermoplastic resin including: a first resin member which is a laser-irradiated subject, has an absorbance a.sub.1 of 0.01 to 0.12; a second resin member which has an absorbance a.sub.2 of 0.1 to 0.9 and includes a butted part where ends of one or more resin members are brought into contact with each other; and a third resin member which has an absorbance a.sub.3 of 0.2 to 3.8, and the absorbances a.sub.2, a.sub.3 exhibited by the second resin member and the third resin member are attributed to the inclusion of nigrosine as a laser beam absorbent therein, and the resin members are overlapped in the above mentioned to form contacted parts at these interfaces, at least a part of the butted part and/or the contacted parts are laser-welded.

Methods of manufacturing composite sandwich components (100) and composite sandwich components overcome drawbacks in the prior art. For example, the large number of resin filled perforations that are unavoidable when manufacturing prior art composite sandwich components is avoided.

Methods of manufacturing composite sandwich components (100) and composite sandwich components overcome drawbacks in the prior art. For example, the large number of resin filled perforations that are unavoidable when manufacturing prior art composite sandwich components is avoided.

A segmented diving suit includes a base layer and a plurality of composite plates arranged on the base layer in a configuration designed to avoid joints or other anatomical features that bend. The composite plates include a spheres or microspheres dispersed/embedded in a carrier polymer. The spheres or microspheres provide one or more of thermal protection, sonic/blast resistance, and ballistic protection.

Flooring and floor panels are described that include a multi-layer tape. The multi-layer tape can include two or more layers at least one of which can include a unidirectional orientation of fibers. In some configurations, the panels can include a tape with multiple layers where each layer of the tape includes a unidirectional orientation of fibers, which may be the same or may be different. Vehicles and other devices including the panels are also described.

Provided are a roll-shaped magnetic field shielding sheet, a method of manufacturing a magnetic field shielding sheet, and an antenna module using the same, which can improve the efficiency of the overall production process by improving a heat treatment process for a thin film magnetic sheet. The magnetic field shielding sheet includes: at least one thin film magnetic sheet; an insulating layer or insulating layers formed on one or either side of the at least one thin film magnetic sheet; and an adhesive layer formed between the insulating layers of the adjacent thin film magnetic sheets to laminate and bond the thin film magnetic sheets, wherein the thin film magnetic sheet is flake-treated to be divided into a plurality of magnetic substance fragments.

A laminated glass according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an interlayer film held between the first glass plate and the second glass plate. When a relative dielectric constant of the first glass plate is represented by ε.sub.g1; a relative dielectric constant of the second glass plate is represented by ε.sub.g2; a relative dielectric constant of a first interlayer film provided in a first region of the interlayer film is represented by ε.sub.m1; a reflection coefficient at an interface between the first glass plate and the first interlayer film is represented by Γ.sub.1; and a reflection coefficient at an interface between the second glass plate and the first interlayer film is represented by Γ.sub.2, the reflection coefficients Γ.sub.1 and Γ.sub.2 satisfy relations 0.0≤Γ.sub.1≤0.2 and 0.0≤Γ.sub.2≤0.2.