This paper reports on the experiments with the Contour Crafting Automated Construction process using sulfur concrete as the choice of construction material. Sulfur concrete has numerous terrestrial applications and is potentially an ideal construction material for planetary construction. On Mars, sulfur can be found in abundance and the range of temperature variation on the planet is within the...

Although automation has advanced in manufacturing, the growth of automation in construction has been slow. Conventional methods of manufacturing automation do not lend themselves to construction of large structures with internal features. This may explain the slow rate of growth in construction automation. Contour Crafting (CC) is a recent layered fabrication technology that has a great potenti...

Extreme Programming (XP) shows several interesting approaches which are very attractive for education. It is centered around early and incremental creation of working software. In the following, the chances XP offers for class are shown – especially for use in a class project, but also for practical phases in all lessons where programming is useful. Finally several common problems which can occ...

This paper investigates major issues in developing a new Rapid Prototyping (RP) process and presents a systematic approach to the required R&D. A procedure for simultaneous study of the many inter-related issues, including hardware and software design and development, material selection, and optimization of various variables will be shown using realistic examples from a recently developed RP pr...

3D concrete printing is a perspective technology for sustainable construction and realization of sophisticated architectural projects. The current research proposes the thermal engineering calculation wall structure based on printed element total thickness 150 mm with internal air layer about 75 mm. mixture was designed addition perlite as filler in dosage 8 % by weight cement. process performe...

Thepresent paper addresses two crafting strategies employeesmay display in different life domains in order to attain desired outcomes. On the one hand, job crafting is targeted at increasing social and structural job resources and challenging job demands. On the other hand, leisure crafting is the proactive pursuit of leisure activities targeted at goal setting, humanconnection, learning, andpe...

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