Research Profile
The research is focussed on digital design, digital manufacturing and digital assembling (D3DMA). Digital design is studied on three subsequent levels. On a macro level, the structures of buildings and (small) civil structures like pedestrian bridges are designed using both parametric and generic design tools. Optimisation algorithms, like form finding and topology optimisation are incorporated to safe on natural resources and explore new shapes, always bearing the construction technology in mind. On a meso level concrete components like slabs and walls are studied numerically. Parametric design tools are being developed, based on strut and tie analysis, yield lines and the stringer panel methods. Finally, on a micro scale, discrete FEM analyses are used to study e.g. the pull-out behaviour of reinforcement and fibres. All types of analyses are supported with fundamental experimental research for matters of verification. Finally, digital manufacturing is treated in the certificate program on construction technology.
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Recent Publications
Our most recent peer reviewed publications
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Promoting the use of Fe-rich slag in construction: Development of a hybrid binder for 3D printing
Cement and Concrete Composites (2023) -
Automated image segmentation of 3D printed fibrous composite micro-structures using a neural network
Construction and Building Materials (2023) -
Influence of cross-jet temperature and pressure differences on the separation efficiency of air curtains in buildings
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2023) -
CFD analysis of the WindEEE dome produced downburst-like winds
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2023) -
Mechanical properties and self-sensing ability of graphene-mortar compositions with different water content for 3D printing applications
Materials Today: Proceedings (2022)
Education
Contact
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Secretarysecretariaat.sd@ tue.nl