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Extrusion to Masoning (2023-03)

Robotic 3D Concrete Printing of Concrete Shells as Building Floor System

10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.139

 Wu Hao,  Gu Sijia,  Gao Xiaofan,  Luo Jiaxiang,  Yuan Philip
Contribution - Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, pp. 139-148

Abstract

Efficient floor systems can reduce the carbon footprint of building industry by reducing material, thereby responding to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tile vault, a kind of masonry shell structure in history, can provide inspiration for extrusion-based 3D concrete printing. In this research, an “Extrusion-to-Masoning” perspective is proposed to evaluate, analysis, and simulate 3DCP. The variable-width filaments of 3DCP can be interpreted as variable-width bricks. The staggering pattern between different layers is studied. Three concrete shells with different layer-staggering patterns are printed and quantitative structural testing experiments are carried out. Then a totally printed floor slab prototype is designed and fabricated at the basis of one of the shells.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{wu_gu_gao_luo.2023.EtM,
  author            = "Hao Wu and Sijia Gu and Xiaofan Gao and Jiaxiang Luo and Philip F. Yuan",
  title             = "Extrusion to Masoning: Robotic 3D Concrete Printing of Concrete Shells as Building Floor System",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.139",
  year              = "2023",
  pages             = "139--148",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia",
  editor            = "Immanuel Koh and Dagmar Reinhardt and Mohammed Makki and Mona Khakhar and Nic Bao",
}
Formatted Citation

H. Wu, S. Gu, X. Gao, J. Luo and P. F. Yuan, “Extrusion to Masoning: Robotic 3D Concrete Printing of Concrete Shells as Building Floor System”, in Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, 2023, pp. 139–148. doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.139.

Wu, Hao, Sijia Gu, Xiaofan Gao, Jiaxiang Luo, and Philip F. Yuan. “Extrusion to Masoning: Robotic 3D Concrete Printing of Concrete Shells as Building Floor System”. In Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, edited by Immanuel Koh, Dagmar Reinhardt, Mohammed Makki, Mona Khakhar, and Nic Bao, 139–48, 2023. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.139.