Composite material and synthetic sleeper using the composite material

摘要

A composite material comprising a core layer comprising filler and synthetic resin and containing the filler having a weight 0.7 times or more the product of volume of the core layer and bulk density of the filler; and a surface layer comprising a thermosetting resin reinforced by long fibers extending parallel in a longitudinal direction thereof, the surface layer being laminated on the core layer to cover at least one surface of the core layer with respect to a thickness direction thereof.