A design tool for resource-efficient fabrication of 3d-graded structural building components using additive manufacturing

Fl??vio Craveiro; Helena Maria Bartolo; A. Gale; J. P. Duarte; P. J. Bartolo

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2017.05.006

A design tool for resource-efficient fabrication of 3d-graded structural building components using additive manufacturing

Fl??vio Craveiro, Helena Maria Bartolo, A. Gale, J. P. Duarte, P. J. Bartolo^*

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Abstract

The construction sector is under increasing pressure to improve its efficiency and effectiveness, reducing environmental impacts, material use and costs. A computational tool was developed to design and fabricate functionally graded building components. The material composition was defined based on voxel determination in order to design building elements with varying material stiffness. A cement-based conceptual building wall was investigated with a varied material composition, using two different lightweight aggregates, a granulated cork one and the other with expanded clay. This functionally graded material concept applied to lightweight building components will allow producing resource-efficient graded building components tailored to specific loading conditions, minimizing waste generation, emissions and resource consumption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-83
Number of pages	8
Journal	Automation in Construction
Volume	82
Early online date	17 Jul 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.05.006
Publication status	Published - Oct 2017

Keywords

Additive manufacturing
Building automation
Digital fabrication
Functionally graded materials
Resource-efficient fabrication

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