3D Concrete Printing - Free Form Geometries with Improved Ductility and Strength

Zeeshan Y. Ahmed; Alessia Biffi; Lauri Hass; Freek P. Bos; Theo A.M. Salet

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_74

3D Concrete Printing - Free Form Geometries with Improved Ductility and Strength

Zeeshan Y. Ahmed, Alessia Biffi, Lauri Hass, Freek P. Bos, Theo A.M. Salet

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing is a rapid prototyping process that has captured the attention of architects and designers worldwide in the last few years. Multiple research groups and commercial entities are exploring different areas of 3D concrete printing (3DCP) with one of the main topics being the potential to improve the design freedom, while simultaneously achieving sufficient structural ductility. Based on the target design impression of a free form 3DCP structure, this study presents a number of 3DCP strategies to print arbitrary double-curved geometries with improved concrete ductility. A digital design-to-fabrication workflow was applied, consisting of defining parameters at various stages of the process. Two case study objects have been printed, both featuring double-curved surfaces achieved through cantilevered printing with support material, and by printing on a curved support surface, respectively. The former object acted as support for the latter. Entrained cables and secondarily added glass fibres were used to obtain ductility. The result is a double-curved 1 × 1 m panel with fibre-reinforced printed concrete, as well as a double curved print bed, reinforced with high strength steel cables.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Concrete 2020
Editors	Freek Bos, Sandra Lucas, Rob Wolfs, Theo Salet
Publisher	Springer
Pages	741-756
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-49916-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_74
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2020
Event	Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: DIGITAL CONCRETE 2020 - Digital, Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 6 Jul 2020 → 8 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	RILEM Bookseries
Volume	28
ISSN (Print)	2211-0844
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0852

Conference

Conference	Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	6/07/20 → 8/07/20

Keywords

3D concrete printing
Fabrication and robotics craft
Robotic production

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Ahmed, Z. Y., Biffi, A., Hass, L., Bos, F. P., & Salet, T. A. M. (2020). 3D Concrete Printing - Free Form Geometries with Improved Ductility and Strength. In F. Bos, S. Lucas, R. Wolfs, & T. Salet (Eds.), Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020 (pp. 741-756). (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 28). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_74

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Ahmed, ZY, Biffi, A, Hass, L, Bos, FP & Salet, TAM 2020, 3D Concrete Printing - Free Form Geometries with Improved Ductility and Strength. in F Bos, S Lucas, R Wolfs & T Salet (eds), Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. RILEM Bookseries, vol. 28, Springer, pp. 741-756, Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 6/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_74

3D Concrete Printing - Free Form Geometries with Improved Ductility and Strength. / Ahmed, Zeeshan Y.; Biffi, Alessia; Hass, Lauri et al.
Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. ed. / Freek Bos; Sandra Lucas; Rob Wolfs; Theo Salet. Springer, 2020. p. 741-756 (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 28).

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