3D2BGreen is a 3D concrete printing research project, set up by Ghent University, construction company BESIX, start-up ResourceFull and engineering company Witteveen+Bos
Overview of all research projects (alphabetical)
early-age bond shear properties of the interface between printed concrete and rock.
The end goal of the C3PO project is to acquire and start using 3D printing infrastructure for construction related applications
The carbonation of concrete is a very common deterioration cause of reinforced concrete which gradually reduces the alkalinity and then leads to reinforcement corrosion
Cementitious materials, included in EU emissions trading system sector, have been targeted by the EU Commission for a 43% cut by 2030 (compared to 2005), but the urgent effective solutions are still lacking
When a cementitious material is hardening, it may show shrinkage cracking. The ingress of water containing potentially harmful substances through these cracks could endanger the durability of a structure
Refurbishment and repair of existing structures takes about 50% of Europe’s annual construction budget and this figure is expected to
In the construction industry, automated or industrialized production is a major point of attention nowadays.
Ghent University has built a topology optimized concrete bridge named OptiBridge. The 5-metre-long bridge was optimized in 2D by Technion (Team led by Oded Amir) and redesigned at Ghent University by Ticho Ooms and Gieljan Vantyghem.
SMARTINCS will implement new life-cycle thinking and durability-based approaches to the concept and design of concrete structures, with self-healing concrete, repair mortars and grouts as key enabling technologies
Increasing durability of infrastructures is crucial in our current society. Unsaturated water flow, such as capillary imbibition, is a common durability problem in concrete structures.