A multi-authored, edited work. This volume forms a comprehensive treatise on the development, manufacture, testing and applications of a broad range of ceramic, glass ceramic and carbon matrix composite materials developed in the former Soviet Union. For each of these three classes of composite materials, background theory and extensive property data are also given.1 Ceramic-matrix composites.- 1.1 Structural materials.- 1.2 Functional materials.- References.- 2 Glass ceramic-based composites.- 2.1 Glass ceramic-based materials reinforced with metallic fibres and nets.- 2.2 Ceramic fibre-reinforced glass ceramic composites.- 2.3 Particle-filled glass ceramic-based materials.- References.- 3 Carbon-Based Composites.- 3.1 Theoretical fundamentals of development of carbon-based composites.- 3.2 Technology of product manufacture from carbon-based materials.- 3.3 Structure and properties of composites.- 3.4 Carbon-and carbide-matrix composites.- References.GPSR ComplianceThe European Union's (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of rules that requires consumer products to be safe and our obligations to ensure this.If you have any concerns about our products you can contact us on ProductSafety@springernature.com.In case Publisher is established outside the EU, the EU authorized representative is:Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbHEuropaplatz 369115 Heidelberg, GermanyProductSafety@springernature.com