A 3D Printing Platform for Reinforced Printed-Sprayed Concrete Composites


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2022

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Conference Paper

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Abstract

The issue of reinforcement remains a difficult one for digital fabrication in concrete construction, with many solutions offered on how to best incorporate it with the technology in a practical manner. While certain technologies, such as digital casting systems, allow more seamless introduction of traditional steel reinforcement bars, the dominant technology of extrusion-based 3D printing still shows great limitations, with the most typical application being that of a lost formwork for traditionally cast concrete, or as unreinforced masonry. The use of both conventional and unconventional reinforcement materials, and their incorporation into processes, is a large and active area of research with the digital concrete community. In this work, we present a 3D printing platform and manufacturing concept in which a 3D printed form serves as a vertical substrate for a reinforcement, either textile or conventional steel. The structural concrete is then either applied by hand or sprayed around the reinforcement.

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Book title

Third RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication

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37

Pages / Article No.

249 - 254

Publisher

Springer

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3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)

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Digital fabrication; Concrete; Reinforcement; Sprayed concrete; 3D printing

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03891 - Flatt, Robert J. / Flatt, Robert J. check_circle
02284 - NFS Digitale Fabrikation / NCCR Digital Fabrication

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-- - NCCR Digital Fabrication (SNF)

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