Studying the characteristics of VPZ-25 cold-curing polymer filler and developing a technology for filling honeycomb panels for aircraft components

Kopylov A.V., Kovalenko A.V., Sidelnikov N.K., Kurnosov A.O., Slavin A.V.
UDC
678.8
DOI
10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-12-37-52
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Kopylov A.V., Kovalenko A.V., Sidelnikov N.K., Kurnosov A.O., Slavin A.V. Studying the characteristics of VPZ-25 cold-curing polymer filler and developing a technology for filling honeycomb panels for aircraft components // Proceedings of VIAM. 2025. No. 12. DOI: 10.18577/2307-6046-2025-0-12-37-52. URL: https://test.viam.ru/en/journal/2025/12/4
Keywords
aviation technique, VPZ-25 polymer filler, spheroplastic, glass microspheres, epoxy binder, honeycomb panels, polymer composite materials
Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study of the characteristics and microstructure of samples of cold-curing polymer syntactic filler grade VPZ-25. Based on the results of testing the samples, a comparative analysis of the characteristics of VPZ-25 with the characteristics of a foreign analogue of cold-curing polymer filler was performed. Based on the results of preliminary testing of VPZ-25, a technology for filling honeycomb panels with VPZ-25 polymer filler for aircraft components was developed under various conditions. 

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