Thermo-mechanical and tribological properties of phenolic polymers composites and C-C composites

Formaldehyde resin-based composites have been an inaugural step in obtaining and usingcomposite materials and they have grown rapidly because of their multiple uses, especially inelectrical and aeronautical field.Phenolic matrix composites represent a preliminary study to obtain mezophase carbon-carboncomposites for advanced materials as potential solutions for reentry shields of cosmic vehicles andlaunch subsystems, as elements of modern braking systems in aircraft or as potential solutions for thecomponents of the combustion chamber of rockets and also as hypersonic transport solutions for thefuture. Both phenolic matrix laminated composites and C-C mezophase matrix C-C composites wereobtained.This paper presents an evaluation of the mechanical and tribological behavior of the obtainedcomposites