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Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials—The Rilem D.F.C. Technical Committee History, Strategy and Achievements Read chapter Read first chapter

2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

6. Structural Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Concrete Structures

Authors : Domenico Asprone, Costantino Menna, Freek Bos, Jaime Mata-Falcón, Liberato Ferrara, Ferdinando Auricchio, Ezio Cadoni, Vítor M. C. F. Cunha, Laura Esposito, Asko Fromm, Steffen Grünewald, Harald Kloft, Viktor Mechtcherine, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, Roel Schipper

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The form freedom enabled by digital fabrication with concrete technologies provides advantages for a wide range of concrete based objects, from architectural to structural elements. The current chapter focuses on the specifics of structural design and engineering of DFC with emphasis on those technologies based on Additive Manufacturing with extrusion. Since it is a new and innovative way to build, a clear common approach to structural engineering has not yet been developed. As a result, this chapter aims to introduce the specific challenges of structural design and engineering with the additive manufacturing technology, providing an overview of structural typologies that have been developed (especially concerning the reinforcement strategies, including fibre reinforcement). Furthermore, the structural principles adopted in DFC and the codified approaches used in conventional reinforced concrete is compared, and putative structural testing procedures and validation methods for DFC are reported.

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Title
Structural Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Concrete Structures
Authors
Domenico Asprone
Costantino Menna
Freek Bos
Jaime Mata-Falcón
Liberato Ferrara
Ferdinando Auricchio
Ezio Cadoni
Vítor M. C. F. Cunha
Laura Esposito
Asko Fromm
Steffen Grünewald
Harald Kloft
Viktor Mechtcherine
Venkatesh Naidu Nerella
Roel Schipper
Copyright Year
2022
Book
Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-90534-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-90535-4

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90535-4_6