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Structural fibre-reinforced cement-based composite designed for particle bed 3D printing systems. Case study Parque de Castilla Footbridge in Madrid

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posted on 2025-05-02, 08:26 authored by Albert de la Fuente, Ana Blanco-AlvarezAna Blanco-Alvarez, Eduardo Galeote, Sergio Pialarissi-CavalaroSergio Pialarissi-Cavalaro
This paper presents the material and process-related research that underpinned the realisation of the Parque de Castilla Footbridge in Madrid in 2016, going from the laboratory to the industrial scale. The fibre-reinforced cement-based composite was first developed and tested in a small-scale particle bed printer focusing on evaluating the influence of the material and process on the mechanical response and density of the printed parts. The solution was then upscaled to a full-size particle bed printer that underwent technical modifications to ensure adequate control and production quality of the footbridge segments. The observations derived from the study provide valuable insights on relevant process-related differences induced by the technology upscaling that can inform future applications of the technology.

Funding

ACCIONA, S.A.

AGAUR-FEDER - Through project 2019PROD00066.

History

School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

Cement and Concrete Research

Volume

157

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Rights holder

© The Author(s)

Publisher statement

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Acceptance date

2022-03-31

Publication date

2022-07-01

Copyright date

2022

ISSN

0008-8846

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Ana Blanco Alvarez. Deposit date: 30 April 2025

Article number

106801

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