MIT engineers discovered a new way to design 3D-printed concrete - here's how

Despite the growing popularity of 3D printing, it's still rare to see in construction, but a new advance out of MIT could ...
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Can 3D Printing Help Build the Global Building Boom?

Charles G. Goulding looks at how 3D printing could deliver faster, more material-efficient construction for everything from ...
Hackaday

Better 3D-Printed Bridges Are Possible, With The Right Settings

The header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re looking at the bottom of the print. [Make Wonderful Things] wondered whether unsightly unsupported ...
New Atlas

3D-printed reinforcement-free bridge moves closer to widespread use

How it works is, the bridge's building blocks were created using a 3D printer, which extruded a cement-based mixture in layers to built up the blocks' structure, following an exact computer-made plan.
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Custom-made Concrete From a 3D Printer

Newswise — Using as little mass as possible, without complex steel reinforcement and without cement, researchers at Empa, ETH Zurich, and other European partners aim to fundamentally change the way ...
Newsweek

Army Experiments with ‘Lego-Like’ 3D Printed Bricks for Building Bridges

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. Army has developed "Lego-like" concrete bricks in order to ...
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From ramps to railheads, Marines explore uses for 3D-printed concrete on Okinawa

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Marines are applying advances in 3D-printed concrete to military uses ranging from ramps to makeshift railheads, according to the operations chief of the 9th Engineer Support ...
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Vienna Researchers Cut Concrete Use by Two-Thirds With 3D Printing

Austria-based university FH Campus Wien has completed a five-year research project demonstrating that concrete components can be 3D printed using up to two-thirds less material than conventional ...
New Atlas

Cambridge 3D prints game-changing smart concrete structure

Working with private industry, the University of Cambridge has gone one step beyond 3D printing with a concrete infrastructure unit that was not only made in an hour, but incorporates sensors to make ...
Engineering

World’s Largest Concrete 3D Printer Is Applied to Renewable Energy

GE Renewable Energy opened a new R&D facility in Bergen, N.Y., where it will research how 3D printing can play a role in boosting the energy efficiency of wind turbines. Supported by a grant from the ...
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3D printing used in bridge repair for the first time as UMass Amherst completes a proof-of-concept repair

In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), researchers from MIT and UMass Amherst have successfully demonstrated that cold spray 3D printing can be used to repair ...