Abstract
The main goal of this work is the analysis of potential energy and green benefits of 3D printing on building construction. Current literature reports a considerable number of benefits for 3D printing, namely, reduction of material use, lower operational costs and time-saving. The authors also mention design freedom, higher efficiency, productivity and quality. This work presents the latest developments in 3D printing in civil engineering, namely, a review of the last 3D printing projects and the limitations of construction 3D printing with a focus on large-scale applications, technology costs, mix development and optimisation and thermal behaviour.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 4474 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Energies |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| Publication status | Published - 24 Jul 2021 |
Funding
Funding: This work is financed by National Funds through the FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnolo-gia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) within the project MIT-EXPL/TDI/0041/2019. In addition, this work was financially supported by: Base Funding—UIDB/04708/2020 of the CONSTRUCT— Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções—funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).
Keywords
- 3d printing
- additive manufacturing
- building automation
- civil engineering
- Additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- Building automation
- Civil engineering
