Imperial College London
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DrCraigBuchanan

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8076craig.buchanan

 
 
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247Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Gardner:2020:10.18057/ICASS2018.K.03,
author = {Gardner, L and Buchanan, C and Wan, W},
doi = {10.18057/ICASS2018.K.03},
title = {Opportunities for metal 3D printing in structural engineering},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18057/ICASS2018.K.03},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - 3D printing, more formally known as additive manufacturing (AM), has the potential to revolutionise the construction industry, with anticipated benefits including greater structural efficiency, reduced material consumption and wastage, streamlining and expedition of the design-build process, enhanced customisation, greater architectural freedom and improved accuracy and safety on-site. Unlike traditional manufacturing methods for construction products, metal 3D printing offers ready opportunities to create non-prismatic sections, internal stiffening, openings, functionally graded elements, variable microstructures and mechanical properties through controlled heating and cooling and thermally-induced prestressing. It is envisaged that AM will complement, rather than replace, conventional production processes, with clear potential for hybrid solutions and structural strengthening and repairs. These opportunities are explored in this paper, along with early applications of metal additive manufacturing in the construction industry and other engineering disciplines.
AU  - Gardner,L
AU  - Buchanan,C
AU  - Wan,W
DO  - 10.18057/ICASS2018.K.03
PY  - 2020///
TI  - Opportunities for metal 3D printing in structural engineering
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18057/ICASS2018.K.03
ER  -
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