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.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.- 1.1.1 Theoretical fundamentals.- 1.1.2 Technology.- 1.1.3 Machining techniques.- 1.1.4 Joining (brazing) of ceramic materials.- 1.1.5 Mechanical properties.- 1.1.6 Engineering.- 1.2 Functional materials.- 1.2.1 Ceramic composites for electronics.- 1.2.2 Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, and high-temperature superconductors.- References.- 2 Glass ceramic-based composites.- 2.1 Glass ceramic-based materials reinforced with metallic fibres and nets.- 2.1.1 Moulding of materials.- 2.1.2 Thermomechanical properties of metallic Net-reinforced glass ceramics.- 2.1.3 Investigation of interaction at matrixfibre interface.- 2.2 Ceramic fibre-reinforced glass ceramic composites.- 2.2.1 Reinforced glass ceramics.- 2.2.2 Mechanical and corrosion properties of reinforced glass ceramics after one-sided radiant heating.- 2.2.3 Chemical stability of glass ceramic-based composites at elevated temperatures.- 2.2.4 Structure of composites.- 2.3 Particle-filled glass ceramic-based materials.- 2.3.1 Filled glass ceramics.- 2.3.2 Composites with nonmetallic particles.- 2.3.3 Impact of microstructure of glass-ceramic matrices on properties of composites.- References.- 3 Carbon-Based Composites.-l#^