Polyimide (PI) and PI composites reinforced with glass fiber (GF), and aramid fiber (AF) were fabricated with hot-pressing technology. And then polyimide and its composites were treated with thermal cycling (TC) condition from -50 ℃ to 150 ℃ with 300 cycles continuously. Compared with the samples without suffering from TC treatment, the fracture morphology, mechanics and tribological properties of the samples were studied. The results showed that, based on the fractographic morphologies, the phenomenon of fiber stripping could be obviously observed in the PI composite materials after TC treatment. And the bending modulus slightly decreased compared with the almost unchanged bending strength before and after TC treatment. Compared with before TC treatment, the friction coefficients (FC) and wear rates (WR) of PI and PI composites showed different variations respectively. In conclusion, TC treatment had a great influence on the morphologies of the worn surface and the composition of transfer film. As the shear force increases, the elemental analysis demonstrated that GF was extruded into the groove.
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