The Use of Isotropic Property of Weightlessness for Advanced Composite Materials Production in the Conditions of Short-Term Weightlessness

Abstract

The use of the isotropic property of weightlessness for the production of advanced composite materials, in contrast to existing production methods, for example on polymer composite materials: pressing (direct, casting, profile); injection molding (casting, intrusion, centrifugal molding, autoclaving); contact molding; winding; vacuum forming and blow molding, which do not allow achieving the main goal of the production of advanced composite materials with a base (matrix) filled by uniformly distributed filler, permits to achieve this goal by using inertial force in conditions of short-term weightlessness and to practically obtain advanced composite materials with high strength and rigidity. The paper presents a new method for the production of advanced composite materials, which uses the isotropic property of weightlessness and the action of inertial force under conditions of short-term weightlessness on a specially designed ampoule.