Special Issue

Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2025 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editor

Seyed Ghaffar, BEng (Hons.), PhD, CEng, FICE, FHEA, MICT

Associate Professor in Civil Engineering

Director of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction (AMTC) Research Group 

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London, UK

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Research Interests: additive manufacturing of cementitious composites; concrete 3D printing; civil engineering materials; advanced functional materials; low-carbon concrete

About This Topic

Construction is an important economic engine, but also one of the largest consumers of resources and energy. The modern construction industry is undergoing a period of dramatic policy shift and priority change from a profit-charged business machine to a socio-economic and environmentally driven sector. Progress in the construction industry to implement additive manufacturing (AM) as an eco-innovative solution will be the focus of this Special issue with reference to essential parameters and the practical changes needed to realize a holistic solution that will potentially bring many benefits to the construction industry. Additive manufacturing technology has the potential to help the construction industry transition into a responsive and technically advanced sector.

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Publication

Open Access Review A Review on Metal Additive Manufacturing - Types, Applications and Future Trends by Muhammad Qasim Zafar  , Ramisha Sajjad  , Muhammad Tuoqeer Anwar  , Muhammad Salman Mustafa  , Naveed Husnain  , Anas Bin Aqeel  and Muhammad Bilal Khan Received: 01 October 2024;  Published: 10 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2501006 Abstract Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM) process has been established as an industrial process for customized and intricate metallic components. It is one of the growing technologies proving its potential in numerous fields by introducing the latest processing methods. The significant growth in this technology is partially fueled by its ability [...]

Open Access Review Emerging Advances in 3-D & 4-D Printing of Polymeric Nanoarchitectures & Multifacet Applications by Christopher Igwe Idumah  , Ifeanyi Emmanuel Okoye  and Chioma Joan Ikebudu Received: 05 September 2024;  Published: 02 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2501005 Abstract 3-Dimension printing (3-DPT) or additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been utilized for a while in the construction of customized 3-D objects utilizing computer software such as computer-aided design (CAD). However, the emergence of an innovative and new four-dimensional printing (4-DPT) has enabled the synergy of AM technology with progr [...]

Open Access Original Research Influence of Thermal Environment Conditions on Mechanical Properties of MEX Printed 17-4 PH Stainless Steel by Bruno Schubert  and David Hochmann Received: 18 February 2024;  Published: 22 August 2024;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2403020 Abstract This study investigates the influence of thermal environmental conditions during printing and their effects on the mechanical properties of material extrusion (MEX) 3D-printed 17-4 PH stainless steel. Various ambient temperatures and cooling behaviors were used during the printing process of the tensile specimens. Following DIN EN ISO 50125 [...]

Open Access Original Research Detection of Anomalies in Additively Manufactured Metal Parts Using CNN and LSTM Networks by Alireza Modir  , Arnaud Casterman  and Ibrahim Tansel Received: 10 January 2023;  Published: 26 July 2023;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2303028 Abstract The process of metal additive manufacturing (AM) involves creating strong, complex components by using fine metal powders. Extensive use of AM methods is expected in near future for the production of small and medium-sized batches of end-use products and tools. The ability to detect loads and defects would enable AM components to be used in [...]

Open Access Original Research Automated Quality and Process Control for Additive Manufacturing using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Yaser Banadaki  , Nariman Razaviarab  , Hadi Fekrmandi  , Guoqiang Li  , Patrick Mensah  , Shuju Bai  and Safura Sharifi Received: 24 November 2021;  Published: 28 February 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2201005 Abstract Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a crucial component of the smart manufacturing industry. In this paper, we propose an automated quality grading system for the fused deposition modeling (FDM) process as one of the major AM processes using a developed real-time deep convolutional neural network (CNN) model. The CNN model is trained [...]