Extrusion-based additive manufacturing with cement-based materials – Production steps, processes, and their underlying physics: A review

Viktor Mechtcherine; Freek P. Bos; Arnaud Perrot; Wilson Leal da Silva; Venkatesh Nerella; Shirin Fataei; Rob J.M. Wolfs; Mohamed Sonebi; Nicolas Roussel

doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106037

Extrusion-based additive manufacturing with cement-based materials – Production steps, processes, and their underlying physics: A review

Viktor Mechtcherine (Corresponding author), Freek P. Bos, Arnaud Perrot, Wilson Leal da Silva, Venkatesh Nerella, Shirin Fataei, Rob J.M. Wolfs, Mohamed Sonebi, Nicolas Roussel

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This article offers a comprehensive overview of the underlying physics relevant to an understanding of materials processing during the various production steps in extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP). Understanding the physics governing the processes is an important step towards the purposeful design and optimization of 3DCP systems as well as their efficient and robust process control. For some processes, analytical formulas based on the relevant physics have already enabled reasonable predictions with respect to material flow behavior and buildability, especially in the case of relatively simple geometries.

The existing research in the field was systematically compiled by the authors in the framework of the activities of the RILEM Technical Committee 276 “Digital fabrication with cement-based materials”. However, further research is needed to develop reliable tools for the quantitative analysis of the entire process chain. To achieve this, experimental efforts for the characterization of material properties need to go hand in hand with comprehensive numerical simulation.

Original language	English
Article number	106037
Number of pages	14
Journal	Cement and Concrete Research
Volume	132
Issue number	132
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106037
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

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The work was also supported by: The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Project Numbers 387152958 and 387095311, within the priority program SPP 2005 OPUS FLUIDUM FUTURUM – Rheology of reactive, multiscale, multiphase construction materials; The Innovation Fund Denmark (Grant no. 8055-00030B : Next-Generation of 3D-printed Concrete Structures). Part of this work has been carried out within the framework of the project DiXite. Initiated in 2018, DiXite is part of I-SITE FUTURE, a French initiative to answer the challenges of the sustainable city. The authors acknowledge with gratitude the support of RILEM, through which this work was carried out and, in particular, the support of the members of Technical Committee 276-DFC ?Digital fabrication with cement-based materials?. The work was also supported by: The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Project Numbers 387152958 and 387095311, within the priority program SPP 2005 OPUS FLUIDUM FUTURUM ? Rheology of reactive, multiscale, multiphase construction materials; The Innovation Fund Denmark (Grant no. 8055-00030B: Next-Generation of 3D-printed Concrete Structures). Part of this work has been carried out within the framework of the project DiXite. Initiated in 2018, DiXite is part of I-SITE FUTURE, a French initiative to answer the challenges of the sustainable city.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	387095311, 387152958

Keywords

3D-printing
Additive manufacturing
Concrete technology
Extrusion
Production
Underlying physics

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Mechtcherine, V., Bos, F. P., Perrot, A., Leal da Silva, W., Nerella, V., Fataei, S., Wolfs, R. J. M., Sonebi, M., & Roussel, N. (2020). Extrusion-based additive manufacturing with cement-based materials – Production steps, processes, and their underlying physics: A review. Cement and Concrete Research, 132(132), Article 106037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106037

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In: Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 132, No. 132, 106037, 06.2020.

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