US20040009728A1 - Composite material, formed product and prepreg - Google Patents

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US20040009728A1
US20040009728A1 US10/363,051 US36305103A US2004009728A1 US 20040009728 A1 US20040009728 A1 US 20040009728A1 US 36305103 A US36305103 A US 36305103A US 2004009728 A1 US2004009728 A1 US 2004009728A1
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  • the invention relates to a composite material that uses a triaxial woven fabric including, for instance, a prepreg in which a resin is not completely cured, and a molded body made of the composite material, in particular, to a composite material that is light in weight, large in the mechanical strength and endowed with the electrical conducting properties, the electrical insulating properties, the heat conducting properties and the heat insulating properties, a molded body and prepreg.
  • the fiber-reinforced resin composite materials can be endowed with the physical and chemical properties that are appropriate for service conditions thereof.
  • the fiber-reinforced resin composite materials are high in the specific strength and excellent in the corrosion resistance. Accordingly, the fiber-reinforced resin composite materials are suitable for structured bodies that are light in the weight and subjected to large stress, resulting in finding applications in many fields.
  • JP-A-11-168321 discloses a planar antenna device.
  • metal radiation elements are arranged on a thin film (first film) of KFRP (Kevlar (Trade mark) fiber-reinforced plastic).
  • Kevlar belongs to aramid fiber.
  • a KFRP film (second film) is similarly disposed so as to face the first film.
  • the second film is provided with a ground conductor metal film such as a metal film and so on.
  • the first film is used as a radiation element sheet and the second film is used as a ground conductor sheet.
  • the first film and the second film are expanded into planes by use of an expansion mechanism.
  • the expanded first film and second film constitute a planar antenna.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an existing planar antenna.
  • the configuration of the existing planar antenna, as shown in FIG. 4, is provided on a KFRP film 401 with circular patches 405 to be metal elements.
  • a metal film or fibers made of a metal such as copper are formed tissue-like as if straining paper.
  • the KFRP film 403 is provided with the ground conductor film 404 .
  • the KFRP films 401 and 403 are adhered and fixed to a frame-like dielectric material (frame-like member) 402 made of CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced plastic) and expanded into planes by use of an expansion mechanism.
  • frame-like member made of CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced plastic)
  • the existing planar antenna by supporting the metal elements and the ground conductor layer with the expansion mechanism such as the CFRP frame member and so on and the films such as the KFRP, accomplishes lighter weight.
  • a conductive layer has to be expanded with a definite shape.
  • the antenna reflector itself is demanded to have sufficient mechanical strength.
  • the antenna reflector is demanded to have spring-back properties with which the antenna reflector can restore its original state even after temporarily deformed owing to load stress and so on.
  • the fiber-reinforced resin composite material is molded into a three-dimensional curve such as a paraboloid, and thereby the reflector is constituted.
  • the antenna in order to form an electromagnetic wave reflection surface, has to be endowed with the electrical conducting properties.
  • the carbon fiber that is high in the electric conductivity being at most 1.9 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 4 ⁇ cm in the volume resistivity, is not sufficient in enhancing the electromagnetic wave reflectance or in coping with higher frequencies.
  • the antenna has a very large dimension and shape in a molded state. Accordingly, also when a surface of the composite material that is shaped into the antenna is plated, irrespective of wet or dry process, there is restriction on a magnitude of a processing bath or chamber, and the adhesion of the plating can be uniformly applied with difficulty.
  • a plating liquid unfavorably erodes the composite material or is absorbed by the composite material.
  • the surface of the metal foil is in some cases broken.
  • a thickness of the metal foil is larger, the heavy weight results.
  • the metal foil originally has a two-dimensional plane and, when being stuck to a three-dimensionally curved surface of the antenna, has no conformability to the curved surface. Accordingly, it is difficult to form a three-dimensional antenna with a single metal foil.
  • the invention is carried out in view of the above problems and intends to provide a composite material that has the mechanical strength, the elastic modulus and high specific strength that are similar to that of the fiber-reinforced resin composite material, and at least any one of the electrical conducting properties comparable to metal materials, the electrical insulating properties, the heat conducting properties and the heat insulating properties, a molded body and a prepreg.
  • a composite material according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated, thereby a laminated body is formed, and the laminated body is impregnated with a resin.
  • a composite material according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics impregnated with a resin and at least one or more non-woven fabrics impregnated with a resin are laminated.
  • a composite material according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics impregnated with a resin and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated.
  • the triaxial woven fabrics and the non-woven fabrics are alternately laminated.
  • the resin is in a not completely cured state.
  • the non-wove fabric has the electrical conducting properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the electrical insulating properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the heat conducting properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the heat insulating properties.
  • a molded body according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated, thereby a laminated body is formed, the laminated body is impregnated with a resin, thereby a composite material is formed, the composite material is laid-up in a mold in a state where the resin is not completely cured followed by curing the resin of the laid-up composite material, and thereby a molded body is formed.
  • a molded body according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics impregnated with a resin and at least one or more non-woven fabrics impregnated with a resin are mutually laminated in a state where the resins are not completely cured and thereby a composite material is formed, the composite material is laid up in a mold followed by curing the resin in the laid-up composite material, and thereby a molded body is formed.
  • a molded body according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics impregnated with a resin and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated in a state where the resin of the triaxial woven fabric is not completely cured and thereby a composite material is formed, the composite material is laid up in a mold followed by curing the resin in the laid-up composite material, and thereby a molded body is formed.
  • a molded body according to the invention at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated to form a laminated body, the laminated body is laid up in a mold with the laminated body impregnating with a resin followed by curing the resin in the laid-up laminated body, and thereby a molded body is formed.
  • a triaxial woven fabric impregnated with a resin and a non-woven fabric are laminated and thereby a laminated body is formed, the laminated body is laid up followed by curing the resin, and thereby a molded body is formed.
  • the non-wove fabric has the electrical conducting properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the electrical insulating properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the heat conducting properties.
  • the non-woven fabric has the heat insulating properties.
  • triaxial woven fabrics of reinforcement fiber and conductive non-woven fabrics are alternately or in an arbitrary order laminated followed by impregnating with a resin, and thereby a prepreg is formed.
  • prepregs formed by impregnating triaxial woven fabrics of reinforcement fiber with a resin and prepregs formed by impregnating conductive non-woven fabrics with a resin are alternately or in an arbitrary order laminated, and thereby a prepreg is formed.
  • the above prepregs are mutually laminated or the above prepreg is laminated with a prepreg having another structure.
  • triaxial woven fabrics made of reinforcement fiber and conductive non-woven fabrics are alternately or in an arbitrary order laminated followed by impregnating with a resin and further followed by curing, and thereby the composite material is formed.
  • a prepreg in the specification is one kind of composite materials and is one (intermediate base material) in which a fiber base material such as a triaxial woven fabric, a unidirectional material and a biaxial fabric is impregnated with a resin and the resin is maintained in a semi-cured state (a state that is not completely cured).
  • the composite material prior to the curing according to one example of the following methods and conditions is a prepreg.
  • Curing temperature 120 to 180 degree centigrade.
  • Curing time period 1 to 3 hours.
  • Molding pressure atmospheric pressure to 0.6 MPa.
  • lay-up means an operation by which the fiber base material or prepreg (is cut, stuck and laminated) is given a shape on a mold.
  • a non-woven fabric is one in which short fibers are entangled and formed into a sheet. Paper, felt and absorbent cotton can be said as one of the non-woven fabrics.
  • the non-woven fabric is physically pseudo-isotropic.
  • the non-woven fabric can well conform to a three-dimensionally curved surface and a shape having a sharp angle portion, wrinkle is caused with difficulty. Furthermore, the non-woven fabric, in the case of being laminated with the other material, can be peeled with difficulty. This is evident in the thermal shock test and the peel test.
  • the non-woven fabric after folding, leaves a fold line with difficulty, and after expansion, its function does not disappear.
  • the non-woven fabric having voids in comparison with the metal foil or the like, is low in the density, resulting in lighter weight.
  • the non-woven fabric having voids, can withstand sound or vibration at the launch of a rocket, resulting in neither breaking nor peeling.
  • the electrical conducting properties and the heat conducting properties of the non-woven fabric reflect the characteristics of the metal.
  • the invention when the electrical conducting and heat conducting non-woven fabric is used in the composite material, the invention exhibits the following effects.
  • a matrix resin means a resin for use in the matrix, that is, a resin that becomes a matrix(base material).
  • a resin called a sizing agent is used in the reinforcement fiber. Accordingly, an ordinary resin and the matrix resin are called differently. However, in general, a resin of the composite material is a resin for use in the matrix.
  • the composite materials such as the fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) and polymer matrix composites (PMC), largely divided, are made of three constituents.
  • FRP fiber-reinforced plastics
  • PMC polymer matrix composites
  • a matrix(base material) a resin in the case of the PMC.
  • the matrix is a resin (polymer), in the case of MMC (metal matrix composite), the matrix is a metal, and in the case of CMC (ceramic matrix composite), the matrix(base material) is ceramics.
  • a heat dissipation structure of the artificial satellite can be dispensed with or may be simplified.
  • the invention when the electrical conducting and heat conducting non-woven fabric is used as the non-woven fabric, the invention can contribute to the artificial satellite in an improvement in the performance, reduction in the weight and reduction in the cost.
  • the composite material can be used like a printed substrate (one in which a front surface and a rear surface are fundamentally insulated).
  • Such composite material exhibits heat dissipation effect in a mounted electronic device and an onboard device that requires insulation.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of a composite material according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial enlargement diagram of a triaxial woven fabric used in one embodiment of the composite material according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an antenna reflector as a molded body according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an existing planar antenna structure.
  • One embodiment of the composite material according to the invention has a structure called a symmetrically laminated structure that includes the non-woven fabric that is laminated in an order of, for instance, triaxial woven fabric/non-woven fabric/triaxial woven fabric, or non-woven fabric/triaxial woven fabric/non-woven fabric.
  • the triaxial woven fabrics and the non-woven fabrics may be arbitrarily laminated.
  • the lamination means, irrespective of the kinds of the layers, to stack two or more layers.
  • the non-woven fabric layer is stacked onto the triaxial woven fabric layer.
  • the non-woven fabric interposed between the triaxial woven fabrics may not be sheet-like, that is, at least one or more non-woven fabrics having an arbitrary shape such as a circular, polygonal or elliptical shape may be interposed between the triaxial woven fabrics.
  • the triaxial woven fabrics of the reinforcement fiber and the non-woven fabrics are laminated alternately or in an arbitrary order followed by impregnating with a resin.
  • prepregs in which the triaxial woven fabric is impregnated with a resin and prepregs in which the non-woven fabric is impregnated with a resin may be alternately or in an arbitrary order laminated.
  • a composite material having an arbitrary shape may be formed by mutually laminating the prepregs, or, as needs arise, by further laminating thereon a prepreg having other structure, followed by curing.
  • the triaxial woven fabrics of reinforcement fiber and the non-woven fabrics are alternately or in an arbitrary order laminated, impregnated with a resin, cured, and thereby the composite material can be obtained.
  • At least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated followed by impregnating with a resin, and thereby forming a prepreg.
  • the prepreg is laid-up in a mold followed by curing, and thereby a molded body is obtained.
  • a prepreg in which at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics are impregnated with a resin and a prepreg in which at least one or more non-woven fabrics are impregnated with a resin are laminated.
  • the obtained prepreg is laid-up in a mold followed by curing, and thereby a molded body is obtained.
  • the obtained prepreg is laid-up in a mold followed by curing, and thereby a molded body is obtained.
  • At least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated, laid-up in a mold while impregnating with a resin followed by curing, and thereby a molded body is obtained.
  • At least one or more triaxial woven fabrics are impregnated with a resin, at least one or more non-woven fabrics are laminated thereon followed by laying-up in a mold further followed by curing, and thereby a molded body is obtained.
  • the lamination in a method in which the triaxial woven fabric and the non-woven fabric are laminated and thereby a composite material is obtained contains not only a case where at least one or more triaxial woven fabrics and at least one or more non-woven fabrics are arbitrarily laminated but also a case where both are alternately laminated.
  • a resin film is transcribed on a fiber base material followed by compressing and heating to impregnate, and thereby a semi-cured prepreg is obtained (it is called a dry (hot-melt) method).
  • a fiber base material is impregnated with a resin liquid followed by compressing and heating, and thereby a semi-cured prepreg is obtained (it is called a wet (impregnating) method).
  • a prepreg (semi-cured intermediate base material) process may be omitted.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the composite material according to the invention.
  • the non-woven fabric As the non-woven fabric a conductive non-woven fabric is used.
  • the composite material shown in FIG. 1 has a sandwich-like structure in which a conductive non-woven fabric 102 is interposed between two triaxial woven fabric prepregs 101 .
  • the triaxial woven fabric prepreg 101 is one in which the triaxial woven fabric of reinforcement fiber is impregnated with a resin. Furthermore, the resin with which the triaxial woven fabric prepreg 101 is impregnated is not completely cured.
  • the laminated bodies may be impregnated with a matrix resin followed by molding into a target shape further followed by curing.
  • hexagonal through holes 201 that interconnect a front and rear surfaces as shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged diagram of the triaxial woven fabric used in one embodiment of the composite material according to the invention.
  • the composite material can be provided with the electrical conducting properties in a thickness direction thereof.
  • the thickness direction means a direction substantially vertical to a sheet surface of the triaxial woven fabric prepreg 101 shown in, for instance, FIG. 1.
  • the composite material can be provided with the heat conducting properties in a thickness direction thereof.
  • the electric wave reflectance depends largely on a magnitude of the opening, as the frequency becomes higher, unless the opening is made smaller, the more the electric wave goes through, resulting in lowering the electric wave reflectance.
  • the non-woven fabric (functional non-woven fabric), without damaging the characteristics of the triaxial woven fabric, enables to enhance (or give) the functionality such as the electrical, thermal performances.
  • Fiber base material ⁇ prepreg (impregnation • semi-curing) ⁇ lay-up (giving a form on a mold) ⁇ molding (curing) ⁇ molded body.
  • Fiber base material ⁇ preform (setting in a mold) ⁇ molding (resin injection • curing) ⁇ molded body.
  • the electrical characteristics such as the electrical conducting properties, the electrical insulating properties, the heat conducting properties, the heat insulating properties and the electric wave reflecting properties are controlled with the non-woven fabric.
  • the electrical conducting properties, the electrical insulating properties, the heat conducting properties, the heat insulating properties and the electric wave reflecting properties can he controlled with the kind of the fiber given to the non-woven fabric, a filament diameter of the fiber, and density (it is controlled by varying voids and a thickness).
  • the heat conducting properties of one embodiment of the composite material according to the invention can be controlled with a material that is used in the non-woven fabric.
  • the electrical conducting non-woven fabrics high in the electrical conducting properties are in many cases the heat conducting non-woven fabrics high in the heat conducting properties.
  • the non-woven fabric that is used in the composite material according to the embodiment can be considered a heat conducting non-woven fabric, a heat insulating non-woven fabric, an electrical conducting non-woven fabric, an electrical insulating non-woven fabric, a heat conducting and electrical conducting non-woven fabric, a heat conducting and electrical insulating non-woven fabric, a heat insulating and electrical conducting non-woven fabric, and a heat insulating and electrical insulating non-woven fabric.
  • the characteristics of these non-woven fabrics are determined.
  • these non-woven fabrics having voids therein similarly to the triaxial woven fabrics, are light and can stand up to stronger acoustic vibrations.
  • the non-woven fabric for instance, in the electrical conducting non-woven fabric, the non-woven fabric made of metal fiber or metallized fiber, or the metallized non-woven fabric obtained by depositing a metal on the non-woven fabric can take a three-dimensionally free shape.
  • the non-woven fabric and the triaxial woven fabric are laminated and, without completely curing the resin, a prepreg can be formed.
  • the non-woven fabric and the triaxial woven fabric can be laminated to form a composite material.
  • a non-woven fabric can be stuck.
  • the composite material simultaneously works as a supporter of the non-woven fabric and a structural material, large mechanical strength and elastic modulus can be maintained.
  • a structure in which the triaxial woven fabrics and the non-woven fabric are thus molded into one body is large in the spring-back properties by which, even after temporarily bent and deformed owing to application of load stress, when the stress is removed, the structure restores its original shape.
  • the characteristics are very preferable in the antenna reflector boarded on an artificial satellite and so on.
  • a sintered non-woven fabric in which copper fibers having a filament diameter of 16 ⁇ m are used and that has the porosity of 53.3% is pasted on a surface of a triaxial woven fabric prepreg that is obtained by weaving 135tex glass fibers according to a Basic weave with the weave density of 9.25 threads/inch and by impregnating with epoxy resin. With this configuration, a reflector for use with a 350 mm diameter parabolic antenna for use in 12 GHz frequency band is experimentally prepared.
  • the reflector has such a light weight as 31 g, different from a metal reflector, does not structurally exhibit the plastic deformation due to an external load, has the spring-back function and is excellent in the shape-sustaining properties.
  • a sintered non-woven fabric in which stainless steel fibers having a single fiber diameter of 8 ⁇ m are used and that has the porosity of 18.2% is interposed between triaxial woven fabric prepregs that are obtained by weaving 11tex PBO fibers according to a Basic weave with the weave density of 18.5 threads/inch and by impregnating with cyanate ester resin. With this configuration, a reflector for use with a 350 mm diameter parabolic antenna for use in 12 GHz frequency band is experimentally prepared.
  • the reflector has such a light weight as 18 g, different from a metal reflector, does not structurally exhibit the plastic deformation due to an external load, has the spring-back function and is excellent in the shape-sustaining properties.
  • a copper foil having a thickness of 30 ⁇ m is pasted on a surface of a triaxial woven fabric prepreg that is obtained by weaving 135tex glass fibers according to a Basic weave with the weave density of 9.25 threads/inch and by impregnating with epoxy resin. With this configuration, a reflector for use with a 350 mm diameter parabolic antenna for use in 12 GHz frequency band is experimentally prepared.
  • the copper foil is peeled, and it is found that the peel strength is such low as 0.093 kN/m or less.
  • the electric conducting non-woven fabric the non-woven fabric made of copper fibers and the non-woven fabric made of stainless steel fibers are used, and as the composite material containing the triaxial woven fabric, the glass fibers impregnated with epoxy resin and PBO impregnated with cyanate ester resin are used.
  • the configurations of the composite materials according to the invention are not restricted to the above.
  • metal fibers such as copper, silver, gold and stainless steel fiber sintered non-woven fabrics (in order to inhibit the performance from deteriorating owing to corrosion of the metal, gold or silver may be formed according to wet plating, vacuum-deposition or sputtering), or ones in which fibers made of appropriate materials such as aramid, PBO, glass, and carbon fiber are metal plated, or like a copper plated aramid fiber non-woven fabric ones in which the non-woven fabric made of aramid, PBO, glass or carbon fiber is metal plated may be used.
  • the material of the fiber is not questioned when the fiber has the electrical conducting properties and can be formed into the non-woven fabric.
  • non-woven fabric copper plated aramid fiber non-woven fabric (weight: 38 g/m 2 , plating thickness: 5 ⁇ m, porosity: 17%) can be used.
  • Such non-woven fabrics in comparison with the non-woven fabrics 100% made of the metal fibers, are lighter in weight, higher in the mechanical strength, smaller in the thermal expansion coefficient, less in deterioration in the functionality after folding, easier in cutting, and can be finished into an excellent cross section.
  • non-woven fabrics being highly reflective even in a millimeter wave region, can be also applied to, other than the reflector and the ground conductor, elements such as patch and slot.
  • non-woven fabric copper fiber sintered non-woven fabric (weight: 50 g/m 2 , fiber diameter: 16 ⁇ m, porosity: 53%) can be used.
  • Such non-woven fabric being 100% made of metal, is high in the heat resistance, free from care of out-gassing, flexible and small in the electrical resistance.
  • non-woven fabric carbon fiber non-woven fabric (weight: 10 g/m 2 , fiber diameter: 8 ⁇ m, porosity: 27%) can be used.
  • Such non-woven fabric being carbon fiber, is electrical conducting, and furthermore super-light in weight and small in the thermal expansion coefficient.
  • the composite materials according to the embodiments are common to the fiber-reinforced resin composite materials in the mechanical properties such as the mechanical strength of the molded body, stiffness and the spring-back properties that enable to restore the original shape against the stress.
  • the molded body can be tailored to applications.
  • the composite material made of a triaxial woven fabric that uses continuous fibers is preferable.
  • the molded body is formed into a triaxial woven fabric structure, owing to the structural symmetry thereof, the molded shape is deformed with difficulty against the temperature variation and load of mechanical stress. Furthermore, since when these loads are removed, the original design shape can be restored, the shape stability is excellent.
  • fibers that can be used with the triaxial woven fabrics aramid, PBO, glass, and carbon fiber can be cited.
  • structure thereof a 16 to 64 gage basic weave or bi-plain weave pattern triaxial woven fabric structure can be adopted.
  • fibers that are used in the triaxial woven fabrics 64 gage basic weave pattern triaxial woven fabric in which PBO fibers having the fineness of 11 tex (weight: 26 g/m 2 , weave density: 18.5 threads/in) can be also used.
  • the triaxial woven fabric being made of the PBO fiber, is high in the mechanical strength, high in the elastic modulus, high in the heat resistance, negative in the thermal expansion coefficient, electric wave-transmissive, such slender in the fineness as 11 tex, such thin in a fabric thickness as 60 ⁇ m, such super-light in the weight as 26 g/m 2 , and such high in the weave density as 18.5 threads/in, resulting in higher surface finishing accuracy and higher adherence with the non-woven fabric.
  • the matrix resin epoxy resin, cyanate ester resin and so on can be cited, the matrix resin is selected according to the advisability of the combination with the triaxial woven fabric and objects, and is not necessarily restricted to these.
  • high temperature curable epoxy resin and cyanate ester resin (curing temperature: 180 degree centigrade, cure period: 2 hours, molding pressure: 0.6 MPa) can be used.
  • the resins used in the invention when the molded body is intended to use as, for instance, a space structure, are ones that are suitable for a space environment, and when there is no problem in the adherence, there is no particular restriction.
  • a combination structure of the non-woven fabric and the triaxial woven fabric may be any one of that in which the non-woven fabric is pasted to the triaxial woven fabric, or that in which the triaxial woven fabrics and the non-woven fabric are laminated with the non-woven fabric interposed between the triaxial woven fabrics.
  • triaxial woven fabrics made of two or more kinds of different materials and the non-woven fabric may be laminated with the non-woven fabric interposed between the triaxial woven fabrics.
  • the triaxial woven fabric and the non-woven fabric are laminated and thereafter may be plated.
  • the triaxial woven fabric may be a prepreg impregnated with a resin.
  • the invention can be applied to the molded bodies such as the reflector of the parabolic antenna, the element and ground conductor of the slot antenna, the element, the ground conductor and a micro-strip line of the patch antenna, the solar battery paddle of the artificial satellite, and the bus (structure) of the artificial satellite and so on.
  • the molded body When the molded body is used in, for instance, an antenna for use in space, an antenna that is storable, expandable, and high in the performance can be obtained.
  • the structure can be freely designed.
  • the electrical conducting non-woven fabric is used as the non-woven fabric
  • the electrical conducting non-woven fabric since kinds of metals and fibers, and the filament diameters and single fiber diameters can be freely selected, the electrical conducting properties, the reflectance, the porosity, the thickness and the weight can be freely controlled.
  • a thickness direction of the molded body in which the composite material is used such as the antenna reflector can be endowed with the heat conducting properties.
  • the triaxial woven fabric is assigned to the dimension stability and the strength properties and the non-woven fabric is assigned to the functionality such as the electrical conducting properties, the reflecting properties, and the heat conducting properties and so on, by combining the respective materials and structures, designs appropriate for applications and conditions can be realized.
  • the triaxial woven fabric and non-woven fabric being pseudo-isotropic in planes, are functionally less influenced by temperature fluctuations and the stress loads. Accordingly, lighter structural materials can be obtained.
  • the triaxial woven fabric and non-woven fabric, having void portions therein, can stand up to the sound and vibration at the rocket launch.
  • the materials most preferable for the functional structure materials for use with the artificial satellite that combine the excellent dimensional stability, the pseudo-isotropy, the light weight, the high elastic modulus, the high heat conducting properties and the high reflecting properties can be obtained.
  • the composite material is formed by laminating the non-woven fabric having the heat conducting properties or the heat insulating properties with the triaxial woven fabric, when the composite material is used, the heat control can be easily and as far as necessary applied to necessary portions of the device (for instance, devices for use with the artificial satellite) according to the existing manufacturing method.
  • the weave structure In the triaxial woven fabric, the weave structure generates hexagonal through holes that interconnect front and rear surfaces thereof. Accordingly, when the structure where the electrical conducting non-woven fabrics sandwich the front and rear surfaces of the triaxial woven fabric is taken, the electrical conducting non-woven fabrics on the front and rear surfaces can be mutually electrically connected, and thereby can be functioned as an electrical conductor of one body. According to the lamination structure, the mechanical strength and the electrical characteristics can be accentuated.
  • the invention can be applied to, including electric circuit substrate, radiation elements, reflecting surfaces and so on of the various kinds of antennas.
  • the line antennas such as the parabolic antennas and dipole antennas and so on, or planar antennas and so on such as patch antennas and so on are excellent in the electrical properties and very light in the weight, being high in the elastic modulus to the stress, exhibit the spring-back function even under large stress to restore its original shape without undergoing the plastic deformation. Accordingly, these can be applied under various circumstances.
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