A method of rivet bonding a workpiece stack-up that includes one or more polymer composite workpieces, such as carbon fiber composite workpieces, involves several steps. In one step, adhesive is applied to a surface of the workpiece stack-up. In another step, workpiecesincluding the polymer composite workpiece(s)are brought together. In yet another step the adhesive is partially or more cured. A rivet is installed through the workpiece stack-up and through the adhesive in another step. The method strengthens the resulting rivet-bonded joint by minimizing or altogether precluding fracture, cracking, and/or delamination thereat.

A system that receives nanomaterials, forms nanofibrous materials therefrom, and collects these nanofibrous materials for subsequent applications. The system include a housing coupled to a synthesis chamber within which nanotubes are produced. A spindle may extend from within the housing, across the inlet, and into the chamber for collecting nanotubes and twisting them into a yarn. A body portion may be positioned at an intake end of the spindle. The body portion may include a pathway for imparting a twisting force onto the flow of nanotubes and guide them into the spindle for collection and twisting into the nanofibrous yarn. Methods and apparatuses for forming nanofibrous are also disclosed.

A thermoplastic composition comprising, based on the total weight of the composition: 1 to 100 wt. % of a poly(aliphatic ester-carbonate) having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 g/mol to 200,000 g/mol as measured by gel permeation chromatography using polystyrene standards, the poly(aliphatic ester-carbonate) comprising carbonate units of the formula (I) (I) and ester units of the formula (II) (II) wherein: T is a C.sub.6-20 alkylene; R.sup.1is a C.sub.6-30 aromatic group; and J is a C.sub.2-10 alkylene, a C.sub.6-20cycloalkylene, a C.sub.6-20arylene, or a polyoxyalkylene in which the alkylene groups contain 2 to 6 carbons; and 0 to 99 wt. % of a bisphenol A homopolycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 g/mol to 200,000 g/mol as measured by gel permeation chromatography using polystyrene standards; wherein the thermoplastic composition has a heat deflection temperature of 100 C. to 130 C. determined in accordance with ASTM D648 at 1.6 MPa.

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Described is a laminate, including a stack of mutually bonded adhesive layers and metal sheets. The laminate includes abutting and/or overlapping metal sheet edges that extend along a length direction within a splicing region. A splice strap is connected to the laminate at an outer surface of the laminate across said splicing region. The splice strap includes one layer of fiber-reinforced adhesive or of metal sheet, or stacked layers of fiber-reinforced adhesive and/or metal sheets. A widest splice strap layer is connected to the laminate over a transverse distance of at least 5 times the widest strap layer thickness, and the widest strap layer has a lower bending stiffness than the bending stiffness of one of the spliced metal sheets.

A protection sheet is provided for application to a vehicle window plate to protect the window plate. Protection sheet includes a substrate and a PSA layer provided on one surface of substrate. Protection sheet has a 30-minute peel strength (S1) of less than 0.10 N/20 mm and a 48-hour peel strength (S2) of 0.05 N/20 mm or greater when applied to a glass plate by a wet application method where water is provided to the surface of the glass plate and protection sheet is press-bonded to the glass plate while pushing the water present between the glass plate surface and PSA layer to the outside of the bonding area.

A composite textile product includes a polyamide textile layer and a polyamide film. The polyamide film is bonded to the polyamide textile layer. The polyamide film has an average pore size ranging from 10 m to 150 m.

A roofing membrane with high solar heat reflectance includes a bituminous base sheet, a tie-layer with a reinforcement material, and a solar heat-reflective upper layer.

A flat flexible hose for transporting a fluid, for example water, is adapted to move between an inoperative position having a flattened configuration and an operative position, in which the hose expands radially under pressure from the fluid. The hose has a first inner layer defining an axis, a second covering layer, and a reinforcement textile layer therebetween. The first and second layers are made of a first and respectively a second thermoplastic elastomeric material adapted to adhere to each other. The reinforcement textile layer is made of rigid textile yarns which at least partially have a respective first and second predetermined inclination opposite to each other so that the length of the hose remains unchanged both in the inoperative and the operative positions. The reinforcement textile layer is a knitted layer with tricot chain stitches with rows of stitches and courses of stitches made of chain stitches.

A display device includes: a display panel; and a window on the display panel, wherein the window includes a glass substrate having a thickness of 20 micrometers (?m) to 100 ?m, and the glass substrate contains, on a basis of an entirety of the glass substrate, more than 75 mol % and less than 85 mol % of SiO.sub.2, more than 10 mol % and less than 20 mol % of Na.sub.2O, and more than 0 mol % and less than 10 mol % of CaO, respectively.

A non-fibrous film has a non-weakened portion and a weakened portion having at least one mechanical property having a value that is lower than the value of the mechanical property of the non-weakened portion. The film has an optical characteristic including a clarity of at least 75 percent.