Structural design of reinforced 3D Concrete Printed materials
Short introduction
You will join a world-leading research group at the cutting edge of design for digital manufacturing in construction and co-develop new tools for the design of structural components manufactured by 3D Concrete Printing in partnership with Cundall (www.cundall.com), a global multi-disciplinary engineering practice. The concrete printing group at Loughborough currently numbers 15 academics, research associates, interns and PhD students.
Loughborough University is a top-ten university in England for research intensity (REF2014). In choosing Loughborough, you will benefit from comprehensive support and guidance from our Doctoral College, including tailored advice to help you succeed in your research and future career.
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The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering boasts world class facilities, with one of the fastest High-Performance Computer clusters in the UK and a £1.4m investment in its 3,000m2 laboratory, home to the two 100kg payload robots that underpin the work of the Hybrid Concrete Printing Group.
Full Project Detail:
3D Concrete Printing is a digitally driven, off-site, large-scale additive manufacturing technology, which is rapidly establishing itself worldwide. Key to wider application is the manufacture of structural materials that combine cement-based concretes and mortars with reinforcement.
This PhD will focus on the development of digital modelling tools and techniques to support structural design calculation and simulation.
The candidate will be excited by the application of modelling techniques and undertaking experimental validation. The candidate will benefit from working closely with a leading structural engineering practice providing excellent industrial experience and the potential to embed the developed codes into practice.
