Local Elastic and Limit Strength Characteristics of Epoxy Compositions with Hollow Glass Microspheres

Epoxy composites with hollow glass microspheres are considered. A method is proposed for predicting their local elastic characteristics and limiting strength characteristics in uniaxial compression. The method takes account of the composition of the material, the content of the components in the syntactic foam, and the characteristic size of the microspheres (the ratio of the shell thickness to the cavity radius). The variation in these parameters is taken into account in model calculations.