SEPOCOM

General information

SBO project
Started: 01/10/2010, Duration: 48 months
Status: Ended
Program: SHE
Project contact: Filip Du Prez (UGent)

Consortium

Knowledge institutions: UGent, VUB

SElf-healing concepts in thermoset POlymers and COMposites

The SBO project SEPOCOM focused on self-healing concepts in thermoset polymers and composites. Originally envisaged innovations in the SEPOCOM project:

  • Design of polymer-based healing agents based on click chemistry for thermoset materials and composites
  • Design of suitable encapsulation technologies
  • Design of the thermoset matrix to increase compatibility with the healing agents
  • Design of a multi-step healing system combining crack limitation and fast sealing
  • Development of an integrated methodology for self-healing principles in polymers including modeling, fracture mechanics and kinetics.
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The SEPOCOM SBO project was linked within the SHE program to the ICON project PUrePair and the SBO project NAPROM.

This project is part of:

SHE: self-healing

Self-healing material
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SHE

Self-healing engineering materials: cementitious, polymeric and coating materials with the ability to heal damage autonomously.

General information

Theme: Durable & Sustainable Structural Materials
Started: 01/10/2010
Program manager: Griet Van Cauwenberghe