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Automated structural design for 3D printed circular composite bridges

 Automated structural design for 3D printed circular composite bridges
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021, published in , pp. 758-766
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.0758
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The construction industry is in transition. Recyclable materials will become more common to minimise the negative impact of materials. Additive manufacturing with circular composite material is int...
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Author(s): (Royal HaskoningDHV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
(Royal HaskoningDHV, Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
(Royal HaskoningDHV, Amersfoort, the Netherlands)
(Royal HaskoningDHV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
(Covestro Additive Manufacturing, Geleen, the Netherlands)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021
Published in:
Page(s): 758-766 Total no. of pages: 9
Page(s): 758-766
Total no. of pages: 9
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.0758
Abstract:

The construction industry is in transition. Recyclable materials will become more common to minimise the negative impact of materials. Additive manufacturing with circular composite material is introduced to infrastructure, requiring new design solutions. A thorough understanding of the material behaviour during and after the 3D printing process is needed. It is a misunderstanding that large 3D printing is an upscale of the commonly known small desktop 3D printing. The geometric layout for large print is highly dependent on the window of operation, dominated by the thermal material characteristics. Besides material orthotropy because of fiber orientation, the printed structure is geometrically orthotropic. Different print strategies result in different structural behaviour of the printed part. This paper aims to explain the important factors to consider for the design and engineering of 3D printed load bearing structures, such as bridges, with circular composites, as well as the associated disruption of the value chain.

Keywords:
parametric design FRP structures circular 3D-printing DFAM Automated design
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