Fiber architecture for a composite pole

A utility pole comprising:

• a fiber architecture in the form of an elongate beam having a hollow polygonal cross section with a plurality of substantially flat sides and a corner between each pair of adjacent sides, the cross section being substantially thicker adjacent each corner, the fiber architecture including
• a first fabric layer extending around the beam,
• a layer of circumferential longitudinal rovings extending around the beam adjacent the outside of the first fabric layer,
• corner longitudinal rovings coterminous and integral with the outside of the circumferential rovings adjacent each corner, and
• a second fabric layer extending around the beam adjacent the outside of the corner rovings and adjacent the outside of the circumferential rovings not covered by corner rovings;
• resin impregnating the fiber architecture to bind the filaments together to produce a composite utility pole.

A utility pole comprising:

• a fiber architecture in the form of an elongate beam having a hollow polygonal cross section with a plurality of substantially flat sides and a corner between each pair of adjacent sides, the fiber architecture including
• a first fabric layer extending around the beam, the first fabric layer further comprising a first fabric sheet and a second fabric sheet that overlap,
• a layer of circumferential longitudinal rovings extending around the beam adjacent the outside of the first fabric layer, and
• a second fabric layer extending around the beam adjacent the outside of the corner rovings and adjacent the outside of the circumferential rovings;
• and,
• resin impregnating the fiber architecture to bind the filaments together to produce a composite utility pole.