[HTML][HTML] On sustainability and digital fabrication with concrete

RJ Flatt, T Wangler - Cement and Concrete Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital fabrication with concrete has been touted as an avenue to more sustainable
construction through more material efficient design, but notably has produced materials with …

[HTML][HTML] Digital fabrication of ribbed concrete shells using automated robotic concrete spraying

M Nuh, R Oval, J Orr, P Shepherd - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Doubly-curved ribbed concrete shells are a materially efficient means of spanning large
areas such as roofs and floors. However, the fabrication of such structures poses challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Design and fabrication of optimised ribbed concrete floor slabs using large scale 3D printed formwork

J Burger, T Huber, E Lloret-Fritschi… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper describes the design, fabrication, and testing process of an optimised, reinforced
concrete ribbed floor slab fabricated using robotically 3D printed formwork. The design of the …

Additive manufacturing along principal stress lines

KMM Tam, CT Mueller - 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Optimization techniques developed for additive manufacturing (AM) to maximize the
structural stiffness of printed parts are often computationally expensive reformulations of …

Selection of a sustainable structural floor system for an office building using the analytic Hierarchy process and the multi-attribute utility theory

FA AlFaraidy, KS Teegala, G Dwivedi - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The integration of green building technology is currently regarded as a critical step towards
a sustainable future because it is a means of attaining sustainable development. It takes skill …

Topology optimization of ribbed slabs and shells

J Ma, Y He, ZL Zhao, YM Xie - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Ribbed slabs are widely used in the building industry. Designing ribbed slabs through
conventional engineering techniques leads to limited structural forms, low structural …

Structural design and testing of material optimized ribbed RC slabs with 3D printed formwork

T Huber, J Burger, J Mata‐Falcón… - Structural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the concrete volume in multistorey buildings is cast in solid slabs, which are
frequently flat slabs supported on columns. By using two‐way spanning ribbed slabs …

Design and control benchmark of rib-stiffened concrete slabs equipped with an adaptive tensioning system

AP Reksowardojo, G Senatore, M Bischoff… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Floor systems are typically designed to satisfy tight deflection limits under out-of-plane
loading. Although the use of concrete flat slabs is common in the built environment due to …

Eggshell Pavilion: a reinforced concrete structure fabricated using robotically 3D printed formwork

J Burger, P Aejmelaeus-Lindström, S Gürel… - Construction …, 2023 - Springer
This paper discusses the design, fabrication, and assembly of the 'Eggshell Pavilion', a
reinforced concrete structure fabricated using 3D printed thin shell formwork. Formworks for …

[PDF][PDF] Robotic 3D printing of mineral foam for a lightweight composite concrete slab

P Bedarf, A Szabo, M Zanini, A Heusi… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - researchgate.net
This paper presents the design and fabrication of a lightweight composite concrete slab
prototype using 3D printing (3DP) of mineral foams. Conventionally, concrete slabs are …