A composite material (also called
a composition material or shortened
to composite, which is the
common name) is a material made from two or more constituent materials with
significantly different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, produce a material with
characteristics different from the individual components. The individual
components remain separate and distinct within the finished structure,
differentiating composites from mixtures and solid solutions.
In the present book, ten typical
literatures about composite material published on international authoritative journals were
selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or
original researches on hybrid composite material, flame retardant material,
robotic materials, fibre-reinforced polymer, metal matrix composites etc. We
hope this book can demonstrate advances in as well as
give references to the researchers, students and other related people.