Abstract
Actual FRP structural components used on ships, aircrafts and so on have large thickness in order to increase rigidity and strength. Although normally such thick composite materials are made of stacked thin lamina like cloth, they need a number of stacking process in order to achieve certain thickness. On the other hand, knitted fabrics have lower rigidity and strength than woven fabrics, but have larger thickness due to them specific loop structure. Then in this study, knitted fabrics were integrated with woven fabrics, and the thick composite material which has both high mechanical properties and large thickness was manufactured, and evaluated the bending property.
