Title:	Cast-in-place Freeform Concrete with Big Area Additive Manufacturing Formwork
Authors:	Ming Tang (University of Cincinnati); Noah Shroyer (—).
Issue:	Vol 10, No 2 (2021)
Pages:	1-9
Section:	Research Paper
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2021.009
Citation:	Ming Tang and Noah Shroyer (2021). "Cast-in-place Freeform Concrete with Big Area Additive Manufacturing Formwork." International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 10(2), 1-9.
Publisher:	International Association for Sustainable Development and Management (IASDM)
Abstract:	Parametric design and digital fabrication give precise control in the design and materialization of complex geometric forms. Large-scale additive manufacturing machines can fabricate digitally generated architectural forms quickly and economically at full scale. However, their application in building construction has been limited. Through a case study, this paper examines integrating parametric design with material and constructed reality through 3D printed formwork for castin-place concrete. The following details are presented: (1) creating a parametric model capable of designing, testing, and manipulating the customized freeform in response to construction and material constraints, (2) fabrication method of big area additive manufacturing of formwork with carbon fiber reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic, and (3) construction process (studying material behavior, testing the formwork, and the final onsite concrete cast).
Keywords:	Parametric design, big area additive manufacturing, cast-in-place concrete, freeform
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Honorary Editors

Hojjat Adeli, Ohio State University, United States of America


Editorial Advisory Board

Simaan M AbouRizk, University of Alberta, Canada

Thomas Bock, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Dongping Fang, Tsinghua University, China

Makarand Hastak, Purdue University, United States of America

Shyh-Jiann Hwang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Timothy J Ibell, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Edward J Jaselskis, North Carolina State University, United States of America

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyoto University, Japan

Thomas Kvan, University of Melbourne, Australia

Kincho H Law, Stanford University, United States of America

Christopher K Y Leung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Yuan Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Ali Maher, Rutgers University, United States of America

Campbell R Middleton, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Peter W G Morris, University College London, United Kingdom

George Ofori, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Feniosky Pena-Mora, Columbia University, United States of America

Qinghua Qin, Australian National University, Australia

Klaus Rueckert, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Surendra P Shah, Northwestern University, United States of America

Miroslaw Skibniewski, University of Maryland, United States of America

Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Osaka University, Japan

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