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Building components for an outpost on the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology
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In this paper, the concept of 3D printing technology for building habitats on the Moon using lunar soil, also called regolith, has been evaluated using a particular patented 3D-printing technology, which is the closest to achieving full scale construction of buildings and the physical and chemical characteristics of lunar regolith and terrestrial regolith simulants have been assessed with respect to the working principles of such technology.About:
This article is published in Acta Astronautica.The article was published on 2014-01-01. It has received 523 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lunar regolith simulant & Lunar soil.read more
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Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the main 3D printing methods, materials and their development in trending applications was carried out in this paper, where the revolutionary applications of AM in biomedical, aerospace, buildings and protective structures were discussed.
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Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing
TL;DR: Polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM and their design, additives, and processing parameters as they relate to enhancing build speed and improving accuracy, functionality, surface finish, stability, mechanical properties, and porosity are addressed.
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3D printing of ceramics: A review
Zhangwei Chen,Ziyong Li,Junjie Li,Chengbo Liu,Changshi Lao,Yuelong Fu,Changyong Liu,Li Yang,Pei Wang,He Yi +9 more
TL;DR: A review on the latest advances in the 3D printing of ceramics and present the historical origins and evolution of each related technique is presented in this paper. And the main technical aspects, including feedstock properties, process control, post-treatments and energy source-material interactions, are also discussed.
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3D printing using concrete extrusion: A roadmap for research
Richard A. Buswell,W.R. Leal de Silva,Scott Z. Jones,Justin Dirrenberger,Justin Dirrenberger +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between fresh and hardened paste, mortar, and concrete material properties and how they influence the geometry of the created object is explored and classified by construction application to identify the spectrum of future research exploration in this emerging field.
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Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics: Issues, Potentialities, and Opportunities
TL;DR: Additive manufacturing (AM) is a technology which has the potential not only to change the way of conventional industrial manufacturing processes, adding material instead of subtracting, but also to create entirely new production and business strategies as discussed by the authors.
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Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties
Lorna J. Gibson,Michael F. Ashby +1 more
TL;DR: The linear elasticity of anisotropic cellular solids is studied in this article. But the authors focus on the design of sandwich panels with foam cores and do not consider the properties of the materials.
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Freeform construction: mega-scale rapid manufacturing for construction
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline some of the major issues facing construction technology and give examples of the use of large scale Digital Fabrication in the industry and define the term Freeform Construction.
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Exploratory investigation of solid freeform construction
TL;DR: In this paper, a new process derived from the emerging field of additive manufacturing processes is investigated for its potential effectiveness in construction automation, in which complex assemblies of large construction components are substituted with a large number of elemental component assemblies.
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Rapid manufacturing: the technologies and applications of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss various direct and indirect methods of producing soft tooling, firm tooling (or bridge tooling) and hard tooling based on rapid prototyping.
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A 3D printed dry electrode for ECG/EEG recording
Pietro Salvo,Robrecht Raedt,Evelien Carrette,David Schaubroeck,Jan Vanfleteren,Ludwig Cardon +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 3D printed dry electrode for ECG-EEG measurement is proposed, which consists of 180 conical needles on a truncated conical base, and the metallization process undergoes two steps: sputtering of titanium as adhesion promotion layer and evaporation of gold to lower the impedance and prevent oxidation.