Processing and Properties of Construction Materials for 3D Printing
Author
Tay, Yi Wei
Panda, Biranchi
Paul, Suvash Chandra
Tan, Ming Jen
Qian, ShunZhi
Leong, Kah Fai
Chua, Chee Kai
Date of Issue
2016School
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Centre
Singapore Centre for 3D Printing
Version
Accepted version
Abstract
3D printing (3DP), commonly known as additive manufacturing (AM), is a promising technology that can fabricate three dimensional complex shape prototypes directly from computer-aided design (CAD) model without any tooling and human intervention. Owing to its peculiar characteristics, AM is widely used in many industries to assist in the design, manufacture and commercialization of a product. More recently, this technology has been extended to building and construction (B&C) application in order to mitigate some of the critical issues such as shortage of skilled labour, high production cost and construction time, health and safety concerns of the workers in the hazardous environment etc. However for successful implementation, proper selection of materials and their mix design is highly recommended, which is a challenging task. This paper summarizes the current available 3DP systems from literature and the respective materials that have been used thus far by various experts, industries for B&C purposes. Finally, the benchmarking properties of theses material and potential research directions are briefly discussed.
Subject
Building and Construction
Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Type
Journal Article
Series/Journal Title
Materials Science Forum
Rights
© 2016 Trans Tech Publications. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.861.177].
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