BRAIDED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURAL MEMBER USING BRAIDED COMPOSITE MATERIAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inexpensively provide a braided composite material and a lightweight structural member with outstanding energy absorbing properties using the braided composite material. SOLUTION: This braided composite material is composed of a core material comprising a high tensile fiber coated with a resin and a set-up braided material around the core material. The resin coating the high tensile fiber constituting the core material is a braided composite material forming a pliable interface phase.