TY - JOUR
T1 - 3D printing of curved concrete surfaces using Adaptable Membrane Formwork
AU - Lim, Jian Hui
AU - Weng, Yiwei
AU - Pham, Quang Cuong
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Ministrer's Office, Singapore under its Medium-Sized Centre funding scheme, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, and Sembcorp Design & Construction Pte Ltd. We would like to thank C. Soderberg, D. Quirin for helpful discussions, and Zhang Xu for helping with the experiment and with the manuscript.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Research Foundation , Prime Ministrer’s Office, Singapore under its Medium-Sized Centre funding scheme, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, and Sembcorp Design & Construction Pte Ltd. We would like to thank C. Soderberg, D. Quirin for helpful discussions, and Zhang Xu for helping with the experiment and with the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/1/30
Y1 - 2020/1/30
N2 - In this paper, we study the printing of non-developable curved panels using existing 3D concrete printing technology combined with a novel Adaptable Membrane Formwork. The Adaptable Membrane Formwork consists of a grid of threaded rods, whose heights are adjustable and covered by a membrane sheet. Using this method, we were able to 3D-print, for the first time, Saddle and Dome-shaped concrete surfaces, which are non-developable. The printed specimens had good print quality and geometric fidelity, as shown by quantitative assessment. The proposed method thus demonstrates great potential for the 3D printing of freeform, curved and architectural facades.
AB - In this paper, we study the printing of non-developable curved panels using existing 3D concrete printing technology combined with a novel Adaptable Membrane Formwork. The Adaptable Membrane Formwork consists of a grid of threaded rods, whose heights are adjustable and covered by a membrane sheet. Using this method, we were able to 3D-print, for the first time, Saddle and Dome-shaped concrete surfaces, which are non-developable. The printed specimens had good print quality and geometric fidelity, as shown by quantitative assessment. The proposed method thus demonstrates great potential for the 3D printing of freeform, curved and architectural facades.
KW - 3D concrete printing
KW - Adaptable Membrane Formwork
KW - Facade
KW - Non-developable surfaces
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073518936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117075
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117075
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85073518936
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 232
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
M1 - 117075
ER -