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Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction (AMTC)

Funder: BRIEF
Duration: September 2018 - September 2019

Additive manufacturing (AM) of cementitious composites has been one of the emerging advanced technologies that aim to minimise the supply chain in the construction process through autonomous production of building components directly from digital models without human intervention and complicated formworks.

Outputs

Chougan, M., Al-Kheetan, MJ. and Ghaffar, SH. (2023) 'Additive Manufacturing and the Construction Industry', in Lynn, T., Rosati, P., Kassem, M., Krinidis, S. and Kennedy, J. (eds.) Disrupting Buildings: Digitalisation and the Transformation of Deep Renovation. Cham, Switzerland; London : Palgrave Macmillan. , Part F1217. pp. 97 - 109. ISBN 10: 3-031-32309-2. ISBN 13: 978-3-031-32308-9. Open Access Link

Book chapter

Chougan, M., Hamidreza Ghaffar, S., Nematollahi, B., Sikora, P., Dorn, T., Stephan, D., et al. (2022) 'Effect of natural and calcined halloysite clay minerals as low-cost additives on the performance of 3D-printed alkali-activated materials'. Materials & Design, 223. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0264-1275 Open Access Link

Journal article

Cuevas, K., Chougan, M., Martin, F., Ghaffar, SH., Stephan, D. and Sikora, P. (2021) '3D printable lightweight cementitious composites with incorporated waste glass aggregates and expanded microspheres – Rheological, thermal and mechanical properties'. Journal of Building Engineering, 44. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2352-7102 Open Access Link

Journal article

Mullett, P., Ghaffar, S. and Perry, P. (2021) 'Discussion: Commentary: 3D printing set to transform the construction industry'. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings, 174 (4). pp. 336 - 337. ISSN: 0965-0911

Journal article

Sikora, P., Chougan, M., Cuevas, K., Liebscher, M., Mechtcherine, V., Ghaffar, SH., et al. (2021) 'The effects of nano- and micro-sized additives on 3D printable cementitious and alkali-activated composites: a review'. Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland), 12 (4). pp. 805 - 823. ISSN: 2190-5509 Open Access Link

Journal article

Chougan, M., Ghaffar, SH., Sikora, P., Chung, S-Y., Rucinska, T., Stephan, D., et al. (2021) 'Investigation of additive incorporation on rheological, microstructural and mechanical properties of 3D printable alkali-activated materials'. Materials and Design, 202. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0261-3069 Open Access Link

Journal article

Chougan, M., Marotta, E., Lamastra, FR., Vivio, F., Ianniruberto, U., Montesperelli, G., et al. (2020) 'High performance cementitious nanocomposites: The effectiveness of nano-Graphite (nG)'. Construction and Building Materials, 259. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0950-0618

Journal article

Albar, A., Chougan, M., Al- Kheetan, MJ., Swash, MR. and Ghaffar, SH. (2020) 'Effective extrusion-based 3D printing system design for cementitious-based materials'. Results in Engineering, 6. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 2590-1230 Open Access Link

Journal article

Chougan, M., Hamidreza Ghaffar, S., Jahanzat, M., Albar, A., Mujaddedi, N. and Swash, R. (2020) 'The influence of nano-additives in strengthening mechanical performance of 3D printed multi-binder geopolymer composites'. Construction and Building Materials, 250. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0950-0618 Open Access Link

Journal article

Ghaffar, S. (2020) 'The potential for additive manufacturing to transform the construction industry', in Anil, S., Mike, R. and Javier, I. (eds.) Construction 4.0: An Innovation Platform for the Built Environment. Routledge. pp. 155 - 187. ISBN 10: 0367027305. Open Access Link

Book chapter

Ghaffar, SH., Burman, M. and Braimah, N. (2019) 'Pathways to circular construction: An integrated management of construction and demolition waste for resource recovery'. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244. pp. 118710 - 118710. ISSN: 0959-6526 Open Access Link

Journal article

Albar, A., Swash, MR. and Ghaffar, S. (2019) 'The Design and Development of an Extrusion System for 3D Printing Cementitious Materials'.2019 3rd International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies (ISMSIT). Ankara, Turkey. 1 - 13 October. IEEE. pp. 1 - 5.

Conference paper

Ghaffar, S. (2019) 'Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction'.International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Marine Engineering. Osaka, Japan.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Ghaffar, SH. (2018) '3D Printing Set to Transform the Construction Industry'. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, 171 (10). pp. 737 - 738. ISSN: 0965-0911 Open Access Link

Journal article
Internet publication

Ghaffar, SH. (2018) 'Additive manufacturing technology and its implementation in construction as an eco-innovative solution'. Automation in Construction, 93. pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 0926-5805 Open Access Link

Journal article

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