Abstract
Despite wide use of terms such as “digital manufacturing” and “digital fabrication” in the constructional steel industry, actual use to date is mostly limited to research and development activities. In contrast, other heavy industries, such as automotive and aerospace have moved much faster and implemented many aspects of digital manufacturing and fabrication in product creation and traditional workflows. As a foil to the current state of the industry, this paper presents the erection, and disassembly of a simple, two‐storey frame that employs an alternative steel connection that can be manufactured using current plasma, laser, and water jet technologies, referred to as the intermeshed steel connection (ISC). The field demonstration described in this paper shows the connection's ability to reduce on site erection time, substantially reduce the number of site bolts, eliminate site welding, and allow for easy deconstruction. The connection has been under testing and development through a consortium of the University College Dublin, Queens University Belfast and, the University of Minnesota.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 817-824 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | ce/papers |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Sept 2021 |
Keywords
- General Medicine
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Experimental testing and numerical modelling of the behaviour of intermeshed steel connections
Matis, P. (Author), Taylor, S. (Supervisor), Hamill, G. (Supervisor) & McGetrick, P. (Supervisor), Jul 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy