Advanced additive manufacturing across material, scale, dimensions towards high-performance structure Teng Teng

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Teng, Teng, author.

Contributor:

University of Pennsylvania. Architecture., degree granting institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineering.

Sustainability.

0729.

0548.

0640.

Local Subjects:

Mechanical engineering.

Sustainability.

0729.

0548.

0640.

Genre:

Academic theses

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Contained In:

Dissertations Abstracts International 87-12A

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2026

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This dissertation develops a scalable framework for multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in architecture and construction to support flexible fabrication of high-performance, functionally graded structures. The central challenge is a persistent mismatch between contemporary architectural design, which often involves complex geometry and spatially varying performance demands, and prevailing manufacturing methods that mainly rely on single-material processing and, to meet complex performance requirements, often depend on extensive assembly of discrete single-material parts. As a result, manufacturability decreases, material and energy use increases, and waste increases through formwork, post-processing, and multi-piece assembly. These constraints become more severe under skilled-labor shortages, which further limit performance, sustainability, and cost effectiveness. To address this gap, the research advances single-material additive manufacturing into a construction-scalable MMAM approach and establishes pathways from laboratory prototypes to architectural-scale deployment. The work integrates MMAM hardware across gantry and robotic platforms, a unified numerical control system for multi-material deposition, slicing and toolpath strategies for multi-material and graded components, design methods tailored to functionally graded objects, and pre- and post-print characterization with predictive models that connect composition, mixing rheology, interfacial quality, and printed performance. Case studies spanning product to architectural scale demonstrate the framework, showing improved manufacturability, enhanced performance through local property tailoring, and more efficient material use to support sustainability in architecture and construction

Notes:

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-12, Section: A.

Advisors: Akbarzadeh, Masoud Committee members: Yang, Shu; Aviv, Dorit

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2026

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School code: 0175

ISBN:

9798247983132

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