Foam concrete using three-dimensional printing and nano-engineering

本项目旨在设计泡沫混凝土。泡沫混凝土是由气孔和混凝土薄膜制成的，具有良好的隔热、耐火和吸能能力，但性能较差。该项目将开发一种通过3D打印来控制气孔结构的泡沫混凝土，以实现高强度和高延展性，并开发纳米工程来提高混凝土薄膜的性能和耐久性。预计这种高性能泡沫混凝土可以作为承重结构构件，降低建设成本。该项目应该发现控制新开发的泡沫混凝土的弹性和可持续性的化学和物理机制。

This project aims to design foam concrete. Foam concrete, made of air-voids and thin concrete films, has good thermal insulation/fire resistance and energy adsorption capacity but is weak. This project will develop a foam concrete via 3D printing to control air-void structures to achieve high strength and ductility and nano-engineering to improve the performance and durability of thin concrete films. It is expected that this high-performance foam concrete can be used as a load-bearing structural element to reduce construction costs. The project should discover chemical and physical mechanisms governing the resilience and sustainability of newly developed foam concrete.