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Knitting Concrete
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-8809
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-0567
Due to concrete’s traditional role as a casting material its appearance as a uniform solid mass is one of the material’s most distinct traits. When poured in a mould fresh concrete adheres to the shape of the formwork and material distribution is not adaptable at a more detailed level. This paper explores how deposition-based additive manufacturing opens up new opportunities for controlling the distribution of concrete at a previously neglected intermediate scale - the meso-scale. By adopting principles of knitting to toolpath planning, the paper presents a computational method for varying the density, porosity, and surface articulation of the material, previously inconceivable due to the limitations of formwork.
Knitting Concrete
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-8809
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-0567
Due to concrete’s traditional role as a casting material its appearance as a uniform solid mass is one of the material’s most distinct traits. When poured in a mould fresh concrete adheres to the shape of the formwork and material distribution is not adaptable at a more detailed level. This paper explores how deposition-based additive manufacturing opens up new opportunities for controlling the distribution of concrete at a previously neglected intermediate scale - the meso-scale. By adopting principles of knitting to toolpath planning, the paper presents a computational method for varying the density, porosity, and surface articulation of the material, previously inconceivable due to the limitations of formwork.
Knitting Concrete
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-8809
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-0567
Due to concrete’s traditional role as a casting material its appearance as a uniform solid mass is one of the material’s most distinct traits. When poured in a mould fresh concrete adheres to the shape of the formwork and material distribution is not adaptable at a more detailed level. This paper explores how deposition-based additive manufacturing opens up new opportunities for controlling the distribution of concrete at a previously neglected intermediate scale - the meso-scale. By adopting principles of knitting to toolpath planning, the paper presents a computational method for varying the density, porosity, and surface articulation of the material, previously inconceivable due to the limitations of formwork.
Knitting Concrete
RILEM Bookseries
Bos, Freek P. (editor) / Lucas, Sandra S. (editor) / Wolfs, Rob J.M. (editor) / Salet, Theo A.M. (editor) / Westerlind, Helena (author) / Hernández, José (author)
RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication ; 2020 ; Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication ; Chapter: 96 ; 988-997
RILEM Bookseries ; 28
2020-07-08
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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