Sustainable Three-Dimensional Printing Concrete (2024-06)¶

Advances, Challenges, and Future Direction

Seifan Mostafa
Contribution - Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures, pp. 343-370

Abstract

Over recent years, the demands for sustainable construction materials and deployment of more advanced technologies have urged the construction industry to invest more on the development and use of new practices. Among all construction materials, concrete has drawn much attention. Globally, concrete is the most used construction material due to its unique properties such as strength, ease of preparation, availability, and inexpensive price. However, its disadvantages are mainly due to its ingredients which are obtained from depleting natural resources, along with other aspects such as casting and formwork preparation, labor-intensive activities, build time, and the hazards during construction processes. In this regard, 3D printing technology has emerged as a promising solution to address some key challenges in the construction industry. This technology has the potential to turn the construction industry into a fully automated sector, where mixing and casting modular concrete elements happen on construction sites. Despite the recent advances and successful applications of such technology, there are yet some aspects to be further developed and investigated. Therefore this chapter aims to provide insight into the role of 3-Dimensional Printing Concrete (3DPC) on the sustainable construction industry by exploring the current state of the technology, the environmental implications, and technical challenges. In addition, the key research and development questions to make 3DPC more sustainable and widely acceptable are discussed.

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{seif.2024.STDPC,
  author            = "Mostafa Seifan",
  title             = "Sustainable Three-Dimensional Printing Concrete: Advances, Challenges, and Future Direction",
  doi               = "10.1016/b978-0-443-15672-4.00012-7",
  year              = "2024",
  pages             = "343--370",
  booktitle         = "Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures",
  editor            = "Ashraf Ashour and Xinyue Wang and Baoguo Han",
}

Formatted Citation

IEEE

M. Seifan, “Sustainable Three-Dimensional Printing Concrete: Advances, Challenges, and Future Direction”, in Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures, 2024, pp. 343–370. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-15672-4.00012-7.

CMOS

Seifan, Mostafa. “Sustainable Three-Dimensional Printing Concrete: Advances, Challenges, and Future Direction”. In Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures, edited by Ashraf Ashour, Xinyue Wang, and Baoguo Han, 343–70, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-15672-4.00012-7.