Metal 3D Printing

通过采用3D打印，可以大大提高建筑业的效率并减少碳足迹。3D打印提供了一种构建新结构或结构部件（如连接）的潜在方法，并且还有望加强，修复和改造现有结构。该项目将通过优化、实验、计算建模和可靠性分析，探讨在金属增材制造背景下实现这一目标的方法、设计、安全性和实用性。研究领域为：结构工程、建筑、建筑环境。

A dramatic improvement to the efficiency and reduction of the carbon footprint of the construction industry could be achieved through the adoption of 3D printing. 3D printing offers a potential means of building new structures or parts of structures, like connections, and also has promise for the strengthening, repairing and adapting of existing structures. The methods, design, safety and practicalities for achieving this in the context of metal additive manufacturing will be explored in this project, through optimisation, experimentation, computational modelling and reliability analysis. The research area is: structural engineering, construction, built-environment.