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Design and Analysis of Various Formwork Systems Open
Concrete is a fundamental material in the construction industry, with formwork playing a crucial role in shaping and strengthening concrete elements. It also represents a significant cost in building projects. The history of formwork is ex…
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Modelling uniaxial compressive strength of lightweight self-compacting concrete using random forest regression Open
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) can achieve compaction into every part of the formwork through its own weight without any segregation of the coarse aggregate. Lightweight concrete (LWC) can reduce the dead load of the structure by incorpora…
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Time gap effect on bond strength of 3D-printed concrete Open
An advancing technology that combines the concrete extrusion with a motion control to create structures with complex geometrical shapes without the need for formwork is known as 3D concrete printing. Since this technique prints layer by la…
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A 3D concrete printing prefabrication platform for bespoke columns Open
Recent developments in computational design and digital fabrication with concrete enable the realization of freeform geometries that optimize material use. 3D Concrete extrusion Printing (3DCP) is presently one of the most utilized digital…
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3D Printed Formwork for Concrete: State-of-the-Art, Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications Open
Concrete is the most used human-made material in the world, and it is responsible for around 8% of the total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Hence, efficient concrete construction methods are one of the main foci of research in archite…
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Fresh and Hardened Properties of Extrusion-Based 3D-Printed Cementitious Materials: A Review Open
3D-printing of cementitious materials is an innovative construction approach with which building elements can be constructed without the use of formwork. Despite potential benefits in the construction industry, it introduces various engine…
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Eggshell: Ultra-Thin Three-Dimensional Printed Formwork for Concrete Structures Open
vConcrete is a material favored by architects and builders alike due to its high structural strength and its ability to take almost any form. However, to shape concrete structures, heavy-duty formwork is usually necessary to support the fr…
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Flexible formwork technologies – a state of the art review Open
Concrete is the most widely used construction material. Worldwide consumption of cement, the strength‐giving component in concrete, is now estimated to be 4.10 Gt per year, having risen from 2.22 Gt just 10 years ago. This rate of consumpt…
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Nailing of Layers: A Promising Way to Reinforce Concrete 3D Printing Structures Open
Today, the extrusion-based 3D printing of concrete is a potential breakthrough technology for the construction industry. It is expected that 3D printing will reduce the cost of construction of civil engineering structures (removal of formw…
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A Review on Performance of Self-Compacting Concrete – Use of Mineral Admixtures and Steel Fibres with Artificial Neural Network Application Open
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) has high value for deformability and segregation resistance, moderate viscosity and smaller yield stress. When pouring the SCC, the mix possesses the distinctive practical features such as - it is easily flow…
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Application of Artificial Neural Network(s) in Predicting Formwork Labour Productivity Open
Productivity is described as the quantitative measure between the number of resources used and the output produced, generally referred to man‐hours required to produce the final product in comparison to planned man‐hours. Productivity is a…
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Juxtaposing fresh material characterisation methods for buildability assessment of 3D printable cementitious mortars Open
Both industry and academia are rapidly developing processes, materials, and projects to explore the potential of extrusion-layering additive manufacturing of cementitious materials, generally known as 3D concrete printing (3DCP). Because t…
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Fracture mechanics of polyolefin fibre reinforced concrete: Study of the influence of the concrete properties, casting procedures, the fibre length and specimen size Open
The final positioning of fibres plays a major role in fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) performance, especially in fracture results used to evaluate the structural competence of the composite material. FRC post-cracking behaviour is related …
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Reinforcement strategies for <span>3D‐concrete‐printing</span> Open
The ingenious bridge, roof, and shell structures of the last century were designed from the understanding of the congenial interaction of the two materials concrete and steel. Nowadays, reinforced concrete is the most widely used material …
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A critical review of 3D concrete printing as a low CO2 concrete approach Open
Concrete is by volume the most widely used building material all over the world. The concrete industry emits large quantities of greenhouse gases. Therefore, developing low CO2 concrete becomes an urgent issue for those countries with sign…
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MAKING FORMWORK CONSTRUCTION LEAN Open
Formwork material and payroll are among the greatest costs in building reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, formwork engineering is a key factor affecting project success. Traditional formwork construction entails non-value-adding ac…
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Physical and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete containing superplasticizer and metakaolin Open
The development of concrete technology shows a variety of admixtures in concrete to produce special concrete. This includes the production of self-compacting concrete which is able to fill up all spaces, take formwork shapes and pass throu…
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Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete of Integrated Formwork for Truss-Shaped Pillars Open
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Influence of rapid curing methods on concrete microstructure and properties: A review Open
Along with the construction industrialization degree, precast concrete is being utilized more and more frequently in construction to speed up the process and guarantee the quality of structural concrete. In order to make the precast concre…
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BIM-assisted labor productivity measurement method for structural formwork Open
Knowledge of labor productivity is essential for cost estimation and progress control. Due to the limited availability of automatic generation technology for integrated information including both physical component attributes (such as spat…
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Strategies for Growing Large-Scale Mycelium Structures Open
Fungi-based materials (myco-materials) have been celebrated and experimented with for their architectural and structural potential for over a decade. This paper describes research applied to assembly strategies for growing large building u…
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Pneumatic Formwork Systems in Structural Engineering Open
Concrete as a construction material is characterized by high compressive strength, low tensile strength, and good casting ability. In order to fully utilize the potential of this material, the form of load-carrying structures has to be des…
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Heat Treatment of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Expanded Clay Concrete with Increased Strength for Cast-In-Situ Construction Open
Expanded clay concrete (ECC) is a promising structural material for buildings due to its light weight and heat- and sound-insulating properties. Adding basalt fibers (BFs) in ECC reduces its brittleness and enhances its mechanical properti…
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Smart Slab. Computational design and digital fabrication of a lightweight concrete slab Open
The optimization of slab systems can have a large impact on buildings: more compact slabs allow for more usable space within the same building volume, refined structural concepts allow for material reduction, and integrated prefabrication …
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Textile reinforced concrete for sustainable structures: Future perspectives and application to a prototype pavilion Open
Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is a cementitious‐based material where reinforcement consists of high‐strength noncorrosive textile fabrics. Due to the use of a noncorrosive reinforcement, cover requirements can be limited to minimum sta…
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Uses of Bamboo for Sustainable Construction—A Structural and Durability Perspective—A Review Open
Bamboo is a natural biodegradable material used as a strength-bearing material that operates for system works, formwork supporting stands, structural members in low-rise houses, props, framing, bridges, laminated flooring, facades, walls, …
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Multiscale Characterization at Early Ages of Ultra-High Performance Geopolymer Concrete Open
The main obstacle of using geopolymer as a construction repair material is its slow strength development rate, which is the most significant attribute of an early-age opening for traffic and striking-off formwork. Geopolymer technology has…
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A systematic review of seismic-resistant precast concrete buildings Open
[EN] Precast concrete buildings (PCB) offer several advantages, including swift construction, exceptional quality, enhanced durability, decreased formwork requirements, and reduced labour. However, it is crucial to effectively study the co…
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Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction Open
The concrete used in floor slabs accounts for large greenhouse gas emissions in building construction. Solid slabs, often used today, consume much more concrete than ribbed slabs built by pioneer structural engineers like Hennebique, Arcan…
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Statics of self-balancing masonry domes constructed with a cross-herringbone spiraling pattern Open
The Brunelleschi herringbone pattern was certainly known by the Sangallo in the 16th century, who developed their own self-balanced construction technology for masonry domes based on the cross-herringbone spiraling pattern. Such technology…