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    Structural optimization through biomimetic-inspired material-specific application of plant-based natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites (NFRP) for future sustainable lightweight architecture
    (2020) Sippach, Timo; Dahy, Hanaa; Uhlig, Kai; Grisin, Benjamin; Carosella, Stefan; Middendorf, Peter
    Under normal conditions, the cross-sections of reinforced concrete in classic skeleton construction systems are often only partially loaded. This contributes to non-sustainable construction solutions due to an excess of material use. Novel cross-disciplinary workflows linking architects, engineers, material scientists and manufacturers could offer alternative means for more sustainable architectural applications with extra lightweight solutions. Through material-specific use of plant-based Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP), also named Biocomposites, a high-performance lightweight structure with topology optimized cross-sections has been here developed. The closed life cycle of NFRPs promotes sustainability in construction through energy recovery of the quickly generative biomass-based materials. The cooperative design resulted in a development that were verified through a 1:10 demonstrator, whose fibrous morphology was defined by biomimetically-inspired orthotropic tectonics, generated with by the fiber path optimization software tools, namely EdoStructure and EdoPath in combination with the appliance of the digital additive manufacturing technique: Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP).
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    Cross-sectional 4D-printing : upscaling self-shaping structures with differentiated material properties inspired by the large-flowered butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora)
    (2023) Sahin, Ekin Sila; Cheng, Tiffany; Wood, Dylan; Tahouni, Yasaman; Poppinga, Simon; Thielen, Marc; Speck, Thomas; Menges, Achim
    Extrusion-based 4D-printing, which is an emerging field within additive manufacturing, has enabled the technical transfer of bioinspired self-shaping mechanisms by emulating the functional morphology of motile plant structures (e.g., leaves, petals, capsules). However, restricted by the layer-by-layer extrusion process, much of the resulting works are simplified abstractions of the pinecone scale’s bilayer structure. This paper presents a new method of 4D-printing by rotating the printed axis of the bilayers, which enables the design and fabrication of self-shaping monomaterial systems in cross sections. This research introduces a computational workflow for programming, simulating, and 4D-printing differentiated cross sections with multilayered mechanical properties. Taking inspiration from the large-flowered butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora), which shows the formation of depressions on its trap leaves upon contact with prey, we investigate the depression formation of bioinspired 4D-printed test structures by varying each depth layer. Cross-sectional 4D-printing expands the design space of bioinspired bilayer mechanisms beyond the XY plane, allows more control in tuning their self-shaping properties, and paves the way toward large-scale 4D-printed structures with high-resolution programmability.
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    Knoten für Tragkonstruktionen aus betongefülltem Faser-Kunststoff-Verbund, inspiriert von der Biomechanik pflanzlicher Verzweigungen : Sondierung einer neuen Bauweise für Tragknoten aus geflochtenem Textil und Beton
    (Stuttgart : Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, 2020) Jonas, Florian, A.; Knippers, Jan (Prof. Dr.-Ing.)
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    A method for 3D printing bio-cemented spatial structures using sand and urease active calcium carbonate powder
    (2020) Nething, Christoph; Smirnova, Maya; Gröning, Janosch A. D.; Haase, Walter; Stolz, Andreas; Sobek, Werner
    The substitution of Portland cement with microbially based bio-cement for the production of construction materials is an emerging sustainable technology. Bio-cemented building components such as bricks have been fabricated in molds, where bacteria-containing aggregates solidify when treated with a cementation solution. Thisrestricts component size due to the limitedfluid penetration depth and narrows options for component customization. The use of additive manufacturing technologies has the potential to overcome those limitations and toexpand the range of bio-cement applications. In the present work an automated process for the production ofspatial structures has been developed, in which sand and urease active calcium carbonate powder were selectively deposited within a print volumeand treatedwith a cementation solution.This method provided conditionsfor calcite precipitation in the powder-containing areas, whereas areas of pure sand served as removable supportstructure allowing improvedfluid exchange. The 3D printed structure was geometrically stable and had sharplydefined boundaries. Compressive strength tests on cylindricalspecimens showed thatthe used powder-sandmixwas suitable for the production of high-strength bio-cemented material. The present work demonstrates an application of bio-cement in an additive manufacturing process, that can potentially be used to produce resourceefficient sustainable building components.