Cutting-Edge Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Construction Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are the most suitable technologies for construction applications in the fourth industrial revolution. Among these techniques extrusion printing, binder jetting (inkjet) printing, powder bed fusion, robocasting and smart dynamic casting are among the most usable printing techniques for construction applications. Extrusion 3D printing is a well-known AM technique for construction printing. However, this is not the only AM technology for construction but also binder jetting is another most promising technique for cementitious and metal printing materials. In addition, other techniques like powder bed fusion will be the future of 3D printing technology for construction applications, particularly in the harsh environment and beyond earth’s application. Steel 3D printing is considered the most vital material for construction purposes, it is required to be investigated further particularly in powder bed fusion. These techniques could be used to create 3D printing composite materials in the cast-in-situ or precast structures, this will be highly efficient to make a sustained environment. Obviously, this could be challenging when printing two different materials in one application. However, there are limited studies that could be found on this topic. This special issue could assist researchers, engineers and scientists to share their new conceptual, experimental, theoretical and numerical methods of AM technology in order to optimise the materials mix design and process. Accordingly, selecting proper materials and AM technologies could be measured as a vital stage to increase the potential of 3D printing for construction applications. 

This issue is anticipated to provide a collection of papers presenting a various range of original research and review papers on AM techniques for different materials in construction and outcomes forthcoming perspectives for infrastructure and construction applications.

Dr. Pshtiwan Shakor
Dr. Alireza Kashani
Guest Editors

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• additive manufacturing
• extrusion 3DP
• binder jetting 3DP
• powder bed fusion
• construction materials
• construction application
• curing
• post-processing