Additive Manufacturing of Reinforced Concrete—Development of a 3D Printing Technology for Cementitious Composites with Metallic Reinforcement

Reinforced concrete (RC) is by far the most widely used composite material in the world. Despite the enormous economic importance of RC construction, there is a lack of viable concepts for its digital fabrication. While 3D printing of plain concrete has been pushed forward by a growing research community in recent years, methods for integration of steel reinforcement have only scarcely been researched and little attention has been payed to meet...