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Digital Design and Fabrication of a 3D Concrete Printed Funicular Spatial Structure (2022-04)

10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.071

 Wu Hao,  Li Ziyan,  Zhou Xinjie,  Wu Xinyu,  Bao Ding,  Yuan Philip
Contribution - Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2], pp. 71-80

Abstract

In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D concrete printing technologies have been increasingly used in the field of construction engineering. Several 3D concrete printing bridges were built with post-tensioning technology. However, the current posttensioned 3D concrete printing projects are mostly in a single direction of force. There are fewer cases of concrete printing funicular spatial structures, and most funicular spatial structures are currently manufactured by casting-in-place in formwork. This paper presents a case of manufacturing spatial 3D concrete printed structure using posttensioned technology with multiple force direction. The design of the non-parallel printing path, the joints between single units, and the posttensioned steel cable system in the design and research process are discussed. A funicular spatial structure is built, and a method of manufacturing 3DCP funicular spatial structure is proposed.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{wu_li_zhou_wu.2022.DDaFoa3CPFSS,
  author            = "Hao Wu and Ziyan Li and Xinjie Zhou and Xinyu Wu and Ding Wen Bao and Philip F. Yuan",
  title             = "Digital Design and Fabrication of a 3D Concrete Printed Funicular Spatial Structure",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.071",
  year              = "2022",
  pages             = "71--80",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2]",
  editor            = "Jeroen van Ameijde and Nicole Gardner and Kyung Hoon Hyun and Dan Luo and Urvi Sheth",
}
Formatted Citation

H. Wu, Z. Li, X. Zhou, X. Wu, D. W. Bao and P. F. Yuan, “Digital Design and Fabrication of a 3D Concrete Printed Funicular Spatial Structure”, in Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2], 2022, pp. 71–80. doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.071.

Wu, Hao, Ziyan Li, Xinjie Zhou, Xinyu Wu, Ding Wen Bao, and Philip F. Yuan. “Digital Design and Fabrication of a 3D Concrete Printed Funicular Spatial Structure”. In Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2], edited by Jeroen van Ameijde, Nicole Gardner, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Dan Luo, and Urvi Sheth, 71–80, 2022. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.071.