Smart Dynamic Casting: Slipforming with Flexible Formwork - Inline Measurement and Control ...

Smart Dynamic Casting (SDC) – a robotic prefabrication method for non-standard structures – has emerged from shaping concrete with a rigid formwork into an almost fully automated system enabling the production of concrete structures with variable cross-section and geometries using flexible actuated...

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Main Authors: Lloret-Fritschi, Ena, Reiter, Lex, Wangler, Timothy, Gramazio, Fabio, Kohler, Matthias, Flatt, Robert J.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ETH Zurich 2017
Subjects:
Digital Concrete
Architecture
FOS Civil engineering
Non-standard
Flexible formwork
Inline control system
Automated continuous production system
Concrete
Digital fabrication
Tromsø
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000219663
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/219663
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Summary:Smart Dynamic Casting (SDC) – a robotic prefabrication method for non-standard structures – has emerged from shaping concrete with a rigid formwork into an almost fully automated system enabling the production of concrete structures with variable cross-section and geometries using flexible actuated formworks. The flexible formwork systems have yielded full scale prototypes (up to 3 meters in height) that vary in shape, volume, thickness and geometry (or a combination of these), and show that the SDC design space can be significantly expanded, far beyond what has been achieved in previous studies. Two different shaping methods were applied. The first method shapes the material locally, at the exit of the formwork, only allowing a minimal gradient of deformation. The second method shapes the material globally, across the whole height of formwork, allowing for significant variation in cross section. Regardless of whether the deformation occurs locally or globally, any deformation modifies the load on the ... : HPC/CIC Tromsø 2017 ...

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