ABSTRACT
Composites are a class of newer materials invented to meet the requirements of modern industries such as aviation and marine. Because of their unique set of properties like a high strength-to-weight ratio, stiffness, and resistance to wear and corrosion, these novel materials have found applications in many sectors. Composites are divided into many types based on the kind of matrix material and reinforcements used, like metal matrix composites, fiber-reinforced composites and so on. Since most of the composites are made explicitly for advanced applications, the developed material has to be tested for its properties in severe conditions such as high temperature environments. Numerous researchers developed composites with different reinforcements for various applications and analyzed their properties. But the wear behavior of composites at elevated temperatures was analyzed by only a few researchers. This chapter discusses the consequence of temperature on the wear behavior of various reinforced composites like metal matrix composites (MMC) and carbon-carbon composites.
