MIT Optimizes Concrete 3D Printing for Manufacturability

MIT optimizes concrete 3D printing for manufacturability

Researchers at MIT have developed a design framework that optimizes concrete structures while accounting for the physical limits of 3D printers. The research also reveals that printer hardware, not concrete, is the key bottleneck to achieving lighter structures. Concrete is the world’s most-used construction material and one of the single largest sources of carbon emissions.…

3D-printed bridge points the way to greener construction

MIT researchers developed a computational framework that folds a 3D printer’s real-world limits into the design process, producing structures that are ready to print and use less material, while pointing the way toward lower-carbon construction.

MIT's 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Shows Printer Hardware, Not Concrete, Is the Limiting Factor

MIT researchers have 3D-printed and load-tested a 2.3-meter concrete bridge using a computational framework that bakes a printer's physical limitations directly into the design process