TY - CHAP
T1 - Advancing 3D printing in construction
T2 - International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering
AU - Gajjar, Parth
AU - Gajjar, T.
AU - Tangirala, Aniruddha
AU - Shrestha, Ajad
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - 3D printing is an innovative and sustainable technology that employs robots to construct concrete structures in layers, enabling the creation of complex designs that traditional methods struggle to achieve. This technology has the potential to reduce labor costs and construction times, minimize waste, and improve sustainability. The performance of the resulting 3D-printed structure is primarily influenced by the properties of the developed mixtures and the specific printing parameters used. Therefore, this paper primarily provides fundamental information on the behavior of different supplementary cementitious materials when used in 3D-printed cementitious composites. Moreover, the key rheological parameters such as flowability, buildability, extrudability, pumpability, and open time have been discussed. Finally, the paper addresses current challenges and offers recommendations for future research to promote the widespread adoption of 3D printing technology in the construction industry.
AB - 3D printing is an innovative and sustainable technology that employs robots to construct concrete structures in layers, enabling the creation of complex designs that traditional methods struggle to achieve. This technology has the potential to reduce labor costs and construction times, minimize waste, and improve sustainability. The performance of the resulting 3D-printed structure is primarily influenced by the properties of the developed mixtures and the specific printing parameters used. Therefore, this paper primarily provides fundamental information on the behavior of different supplementary cementitious materials when used in 3D-printed cementitious composites. Moreover, the key rheological parameters such as flowability, buildability, extrudability, pumpability, and open time have been discussed. Finally, the paper addresses current challenges and offers recommendations for future research to promote the widespread adoption of 3D printing technology in the construction industry.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Buildability
KW - Flowability
KW - Material properties
KW - Pumpability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105020711970&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/westernsydney.edu.au?url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8830-2_20
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-96-8830-2_20
DO - 10.1007/978-981-96-8830-2_20
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105020711970
SN - 9789819688296
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 209
EP - 218
BT - Recent Advances in Structural Engineering: Vol. 2, Select Proceedings of RAISE 2024
A2 - Kondraivendhan, B.
A2 - Modhera, C. D.
A2 - Patel, Indrajit N.
A2 - Alengaram, U. Johnson
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
Y2 - 15 December 2024 through 17 December 2024
ER -