Applications of Advanced Composite Materials in Aerospace

Composite materials are an important support for science and technology development of modern technology.Especially,advanced composite materials(ACM) have become the basic materials of the aerospace engineering.In this paper,the characteristics of advanced composite materials were summarized briefly.The properties and progress of advanced polymer matrix composites,metal matrix composites,ceramic matrix composites and carbon/carbon composites were mainly described,as well as the applications of advanced composites in the aerospace field were introduced.