A three-dimensional reinforced membrane is designed to be inflated and used in various structural applications. A dropstitch or double wall fabric may be reinforced with one or more coatings, such as urethane-based coatings, and may also be laminated in accordance with various disclosed embodiments.

Provided is a resin composition having excellent low water absorption, as well as a cured product, a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, a resin sheet, and a printed wiring board. The resin composition contains a compound (A) represented by Formula (M1) and a compound (B) containing two or more unsaturated carbon-carbon double bonds, and in Formula (M1), A is a four- to six-membered alicyclic group:

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Porous, binderless ceramic surface modification materials are described, and applications of use thereof. The ceramic surface material is in the form of an interconnected network of porous ceramic material on a substrate. The ceramic material may include a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and/or hydrates thereof, or a metal carbonate or metal phosphate, on a substrate surface. The substrate may be in the form of a metal or polymer particulate, powder, extrudate, or flakes.

An automotive crash pad and a method for manufacturing the same. The automotive crash pad includes: a skin layer forming the outer surface of the crash pad including an airbag module; a fiber-based layer formed on the lower surface of the skin layer; a cushion layer formed on the lower surface of the fiber-based layer and including slab foam; and a core layer formed on the lower surface of the cushion layer, wherein a laminate of the skin layer and the fiber-based layer has a tensile strength in a transverse direction (TD) of 5 to 50 kgf/3 cm and an elongation at break in the transverse direction (TD) of 40 to 220%.

A system and method for direct and/or active detection and monitoring of civil engineering or other infrastructural structures, and in a preferred embodiment, for hydrocarbon leakage in oil and gas pipelines, storage structures, and/or transportation structures. Particularly, the system and method relate to various nanocomposite sensor coating and data gathering systems. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a single measurement sensor coating (thin film) sensor. Other embodiments relate to multiple measurement sensor coating systems. The sensor is comprised of either a discrete conductive filament layer, or a single or multiple mesh of interwoven filaments of conductive material in one direction and nonconductive material in a perpendicular direction, as a substrate coated with sensitive coating materials to form a sensor grid. Various embodiments of the sensor coating and their applications are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a surf board, comprising a body, and a bottom board layer and a protective layer which are respectively arranged at the two sides of the body; the body comprises a first fiber glass fiber layer arranged on the bottom board layer, an inner core arranged on the first fiber glass layer and a second fiber glass layer arranged on the inner core and connected with the protective layer; the second fiber glass layer is provided with two layers. In the present invention, the bottom board layer is arranged at the lower end of the body, so that the bottom of surf board is firmer. The protective layer is arranged at the upper end of the body, so that the surface of the surf board is protected and is prevented from being damaged due to strong water pressure when the surf board is used.

A steel sheet for a two-piece can, the steel sheet includes: by mass %, C: 0.010% or more and less than 0.030%; Si: 0.04% or less; Mn: 0.10% or more and less than 0.40%; P: 0.02% or less; S: 0.020% or less; Al: more than 0.030% and 0.100% or less; N: 0.0005% or more and less than 0.0030%; B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%; and balance Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an amount of N that is present as BN and a whole amount of N satisfy the following expression (1):
[N as BN]/[N]>0.5   (1), where N as BN represents the amount of N that is present as BN, and N represents the whole amount of N, a yield point is 280 MPa or more and less than 420 MPa, yield elongation is 3% or less, and Δr is −0.30 to 0.20.

A wall having a fluid impervious coating thereon and further having a monitoring arrangement which provides for monitoring the condition of the wall. The monitoring arrangement mounted on a surface of the wall

The present invention relates to optical fiber communication cables, and more particularly, relates to foamed polyvinylidene fluoride polymer filler rods used in optical fiber cable constructions. The foamed polyvinylidene fluoride polymer filler rod may or may not contain a central strength member. This invention includes cables containing the foamed PVDF filler rods of this invention. The present disclosure provides filler rods that have higher melting temperature than the conventional filler rods and methods of making the filler rods.

Extruded molds and methods for manufacturing composite structures using the extruded molds are disclosed. The molds may include recessed or raised longitudinal features to impart a corresponding shape to the molded composite structures. The composite structures may be panels used to construct cargo vehicles, for example.