Used have been 10 epoxide systems. The purpose of the work: to establish the laws of the shrinkage defect-formation with the solidification under the restrained conditions, near to the isochoric ones. The phenomenon of the shrinkage defect-formation with the isothermal solidification under the restrained conditions has been detected, the new methods of investigation of the shrinkage defect-formation have been developed, the new laws of this phenomenon have been established. The connection with the relaxation transitions in the course of solidification has been shown; the theoretical models of the shrinkage defect-formation (including those in the polymer compostites) have been developed. The recommendations on optimization of the mode of solidification have been given.Available from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio