[HTML][HTML] Metal additive manufacturing in structural engineering–review, advances, opportunities and outlook

L Gardner - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Although still in its infancy, metal additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing has now arrived
at a scale suitable for use in construction. The new technology offers the potential for …

[HTML][HTML] Holistic computational design within additive manufacturing through topology optimization combined with multiphysics multi-scale materials and process …

M Bayat, O Zinovieva, F Ferrari, C Ayas… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) processes have proven to be a perfect match for topology
optimization (TO), as they are able to realize sophisticated geometries in a unique layer-by …

A review of WAAM for steel construction–Manufacturing, material and geometric properties, design, and future directions

SI Evans, J Wang, J Qin, Y He, P Shepherd, J Ding - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the capabilities of WAAM for manufacturing steel
components for use in the construction industry, with a focus on the structural stability and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental life cycle assessment of wire arc additively manufactured steel structural components

IH Shah, N Hadjipantelis, L Walter, RJ Myers… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) enables the production of structural components
with topologically optimised geometries thus leading to significant self-weight reductions for …

Description of anisotropic material response of wire and arc additively manufactured thin-walled stainless steel elements

N Hadjipantelis, B Weber, C Buchanan, L Gardner - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In contrast to conventionally-produced structural steel and stainless steel elements, wire and
arc additively manufactured (WAAM) elements can exhibit a strongly anisotropic material …

Experimentally-validated orthotropic elastic model for wire-and-arc additively manufactured stainless steel

V Laghi, L Tonelli, M Palermo, M Bruggi, R Sola… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Wire-and-Arc Additively Manufactured (WAAM) alloys are characterized by specific
mechanical properties which can largely differ from the conventionally-manufactured alloys …

Computational design of mechanical metamaterials

S Bonfanti, S Hiemer, R Zulkarnain, R Guerra… - Nature Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
In the past few years, design of mechanical metamaterials has been empowered by
computational tools that have allowed the community to overcome limitations of human …

Blended structural optimization for wire-and-arc additively manufactured beams

V Laghi, M Palermo, M Bruggi, G Gasparini… - Progress in Additive …, 2023 - Springer
Current manufacturing techniques in the construction sector are slow, expensive and
constrained in terms of architectural shapes. In other manufacturing sectors (such as …

Design optimisation for hybrid metal additive manufacturing for sustainable construction

MH Baqershahi, C Ayas, E Ghafoori - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) enables the manufacturing of efficient and
lightweight structural elements in which material can be utilised wherever needed in an …

Testing and analysis of optimized wire arc additively manufactured steel trusses

P Kyvelou, A Spinasa, L Gardner - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a method of metal three-dimensional (3D)
printing that can be used to fabricate large-scale elements of complex form, opening up …