The resin in a fiber-reinforced resin material that uses a single fiber
reinforcing ply or a number of fiber reinforcing plies for reinforcing
the resin material is reinforced by dispersing carbon nanofibers therein,
whereby a fiber-reinforced composite resin material having improved
strength such as compressive strength is provided. In a carbon
nanofiber-dispersed resin fiber-reinforced composite material 1, an
uncured resin 4 having carbon nanofibers 5 dispersed therein is
impregnated into a number of fiber reinforcing plies 2a laid one upon
another. Upon curing the resin 4, the strength of the matrix 3 itself is
increased through the carbon nanofibers 5 dispersed in the resin 4.
Moreover, the fiber reinforcement 2 and the resin 4 are joined together
strongly by the carbon nanofibers 5, and hence the strength of the
composite material, for example the compressive strength, which hitherto
has been dependent on the strength of the resin 4 only, is improved.