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First RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication – Digital Concrete 2018

Part of the book series: RILEM Bookseries (RILEM, volume 19)

Conference series link(s): DC: RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Materials and Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Fresh and Hardened Properties of 3D Printable Geopolymer Cured in Ambient Temperature

      • Shin Hau Bong, Behzad Nematollahi, Ali Nazari, Ming Xia, Jay G. Sanjayan
      Pages 3-11
    3. Evolution of Concrete/Formwork Interface in Slipforming Process

      • T. Craipeau, T. Lecompte, F. Toussaint, A. Perrot
      Pages 12-23
    4. A Framework for Performance-Based Testing of Fresh Mixtures for Construction-Scale 3D Printing

      • Ali Kazemian, Xiao Yuan, Ryan Meier, Behrokh Khoshnevis
      Pages 39-52
    5. Characterization of 3D Printing Mortars Made with OPC/CSA Mixes

      • Noura Khalil, Sébastien Rémond, Bilal Baz, Georges Aouad
      Pages 53-60
    6. Rheological Control of 3D Printable Cement Paste and Mortars

      • Scott Z. Jones, Dale P. Bentz, Nicos S. Martys, William L. George, Austin Thomas
      Pages 70-80
    7. Adapting Smart Dynamic Casting to Thin Folded Geometries

      • Anna Szabo, Lex Reiter, Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Robert J. Flatt
      Pages 81-93
    8. Enhancing Printable Concrete Thixotropy by High Shear Mixing

      • Aileen Vandenberg, Hela Bessaies-Bey, Kay Wille, Nicolas Roussel
      Pages 94-101
    9. Discrete Element Simulations of Rheological Response of Cementitious Binders as Applied to 3D Printing

      • Pu Yang, Sooraj Kumar A. O. Nair, Narayanan Neithalath
      Pages 102-112
  3. Mechanics and Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. Three-Dimensional Printing Multifunctional Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) for Structural Elements

      • Yi Bao, Mingfeng Xu, Daniel Soltan, Tian Xia, Albert Shih, Herek L. Clack et al.
      Pages 115-128
    3. Large Scale Testing of Digitally Fabricated Concrete (DFC) Elements

      • Freek Bos, Rob Wolfs, Zeeshan Ahmed, Theo Salet
      Pages 129-147
    4. Method of Enhancing Interlayer Bond Strength in 3D Concrete Printing

      • Taylor Marchment, Jay Sanjayan
      Pages 148-156
    5. Alternative Reinforcements for Digital Concrete Construction

      • Viktor Mechtcherine, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, Hiroki Ogura, Jasmin Grafe, Erik Spaniol, Martin Hertel et al.
      Pages 167-175
    6. Additive Manufacturing and Characterization of Architectured Cement-Based Materials via X-ray Micro-computed Tomography

      • Mohamadreza Moini, Jan Olek, Bryan Magee, Pablo Zavattieri, Jeffrey Youngblood
      Pages 176-189
    7. Hardened Properties of 3D Printable ‘One-Part’ Geopolymer for Construction Applications

      • Behzad Nematollahi, Ming Xia, Shin Hau Bong, Jay Sanjayan
      Pages 190-199

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About this book

Digital fabrication has been termed the “third industrial revolution”, and is promising to revolutionize many disciplines, including most recently the construction sector. Both academia and industry see immense promise in cementitious materials, which lend themselves well to additive manufacturing techniques for digital fabrication in construction. With this recent trend and high interest in this new research field, the 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018) was organized. 

Since 2014, ETH Zurich has been host for the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) for Digital Fabrication in Architecture, which is highly interdisciplinary and unique worldwide. In 2018, this NCCR opened the “DFAB House”, which incorporates many digital fabrication principles for architecture. It is also responsible for the 600 m2 Robotic Fabrication Lab and the first robotically built roof in the world. Held in tandem with Rob|Arch 2018, the leading conference for robotics in architecture, RILEM deemed it the right time to combine forces at this new conference, which will be the first large conference to feature the work of the recently created RILEM Technical Committee on Digital Fabrication with Cement-based Materials, among other leaders in this new field worldwide. 

This conference proceedings brings together papers that take into account the findings in this new area. Papers reflect the varying themes of the conference, including Materials, Processing, Structure, and Applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Physical Chemistry of Building Materials, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Timothy Wangler, Robert J. Flatt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: First RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication – Digital Concrete 2018

  • Editors: Timothy Wangler, Robert J. Flatt

  • Series Title: RILEM Bookseries

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99519-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: RILEM 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99518-2Published: 30 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07603-0Published: 26 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99519-9Published: 29 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2211-0844

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-0852

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 334

  • Number of Illustrations: 197 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Building Materials, Structural Materials, Solid Mechanics

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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