A woven fabric is provided that is advantageously used for sportswear such as down wear, a down jacket, a windbreaker, a futon, a sleeping bag, rainwear, a tent, a bag, and a rucksack, and materials thereof, and that has a high tear strength, assuredly maintains a low air-permeability, and has a good abrasion resistance while the fabric is lightweight and thin. The woven fabric comprises a synthetic multifilament comprising a modified monofilament having a filament transverse cross-section of a substantially quadrilateral shape, wherein: the synthetic multifilament has a total fineness 5 to 60 dtex; the modified monofilament has a single yarn fineness of 1.0 to 7.5 dtex; the woven fabric includes the synthetic multifilament in an amount of 45% or more by mass relative to 100% by mass of the woven fabric; and an average contact length where the modified monofilament touches a modified monofilament adjacent thereto is 8 to 40 μm on a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the synthetic multifilament.

A moisture transfer yarn blend and fabric containing a selected of engineered shaped, lobed, deep grooved, channeled, hollow, sheath-core, bi-component polymer silver fibers and bi-component polymer fibers, optionally blended with cylinder or round fibers or natural fibers or a combination. The engineered shaped, lobed, channeled and deep grooved polymer fibers have indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers. The deep grooved fibers have four to eight deep indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers and containing grooves in the deepest portion of the indentation.

A moisture transfer yarn blend and fabric containing a selected of engineered shaped, lobed, deep grooved, channeled, hollow, sheath-core, bi-component polymer silver fibers and bi-component polymer fibers, optionally blended with cylinder or round fibers or natural fibers or a combination. The engineered shaped, lobed, channeled and deep grooved polymer fibers have indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers. The deep grooved fibers have four to eight deep indentations along the longitudinal side of the fibers and containing grooves in the deepest portion of the indentation.

A wind lift mitigation net for mitigating or preventing wind lift of at least one membrane covering an outdoor aggregation of matter is provided. The wind lift mitigation net comprises a plurality of monofilaments. At least some of the monofilaments may each have a cross-sectional shape that comprises at least one vertex. The cross-sectional shape may, for example, be a non-circular shape such as a tear drop, triangular, square or stellate shape. At least some of the monofilaments may each have at least one substantially planar surface.

A wind lift mitigation net for mitigating or preventing wind lift of at least one membrane covering an outdoor aggregation of matter is provided. The wind lift mitigation net comprises a plurality of monofilaments. At least some of the monofilaments may each have a cross-sectional shape that comprises at least one vertex. The cross-sectional shape may, for example, be a non-circular shape such as a tear drop, triangular, square or stellate shape. At least some of the monofilaments may each have at least one substantially planar surface.

A fiber-reinforced composite material and a method of manufacturing the fiber-reinforced composite material are disclosed. The fiber-reinforced composite material includes a fabric manufactured by weaving a weft including a synthetic fiber and a warp including a synthetic fiber, a carbon fiber, or a combination thereof, and a resin with which the fabric is impregnated and/or coated, wherein the resin includes urethane, urethane acrylate, urea, epoxy, acryl, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl butyral, or any combination thereof.

A fiber-reinforced composite material and a method of manufacturing the fiber-reinforced composite material are disclosed. The fiber-reinforced composite material includes a fabric manufactured by weaving a weft including a synthetic fiber and a warp including a synthetic fiber, a carbon fiber, or a combination thereof, and a resin with which the fabric is impregnated and/or coated, wherein the resin includes urethane, urethane acrylate, urea, epoxy, acryl, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl butyral, or any combination thereof.

A net including a plurality of transverse bands, intersecting a plurality of longitudinal bands, the plurality of longitudinal bands each comprising two intermittently adhered films forming channels at discontinuities of adhesion between the films, and wherein at least one intersection of the longitudinal and transverse bands at least one transverse band is threaded through at least one of the channels of at least one longitudinal band.

A net including a plurality of transverse bands, intersecting a plurality of longitudinal bands, the plurality of longitudinal bands each comprising two intermittently adhered films forming channels at discontinuities of adhesion between the films, and wherein at least one intersection of the longitudinal and transverse bands at least one transverse band is threaded through at least one of the channels of at least one longitudinal band.

Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven filtration fabrics that include core-sheath spun yarns in either or both of the warp and weft directions.