This book connects constituent selection and microstructural architecture with contact mechanics, processing, wear testing and component performance. It covers polymer, metal and ceramic composites, cermet's, hybrid systems and surface wear layers. Worked examples, review problems and answer guidance support classroom teaching and reproducible research. Wear-resistant composites succeed when their architecture addresses the contact that actually limits service. Hardness, reinforcement fraction and low friction each describe only part of that problem. This book develops the links between materials design, processing, characterization and performance through explicit mechanical reasoning and reproducible measurement. It treats the counter face, debris, environment and manufacturing history as parts of the engineering system.
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