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UMass, MIT team tune up WMass bridge with new 3D-printing tech

AMHERST — A UMass Amherst and MIT team have successfully strengthened an aging bridge in Great Barrington with cutting-edge 3D printing, the university announced Thursday. The 3D-printing technique is ...
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3D-printed reinforcement-free bridge moves closer to widespread use

How it works is, the bridge's building blocks were created using a 3D printer, which extruded a cement-based mixture in layers to built up the blocks' structure, following an exact computer-made plan.
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UMass Amherst researchers test 3D printing for Mass. bridge repairs

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Researchers from UMass Amherst demonstrated a 3D printing technique, called cold spray, on a bridge in Great Barrington, which could reduce the repair cost of aging bridges and ...
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This 3D-printed bridge absorbs 142% more CO2 than conventional concrete. It's inspired by human bones

With concrete accounting for about 8% of global carbon emissions, architecture and construction industries have been hard at work trying to find a material similarly affordable, versatile, strong, and ...
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3D-printed concrete project supports U.S. Army research

Here’s the problem: the Army needs a building or bridge for a forward-deployment mission in another country. Shipping a full-scale structure or building materials may not be an option, especially if ...