Dr. Robert Moser and Dr. Zack McClelland from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) talk about ERDC's advanced manufacturing capabilities during a May 1, 2024 episode of the Power of ERDC podcast. Moser is a Senior Scientific Technical Manager for Materials, Manufacturing and Structures, and McClelland is a research mechanical engineer. They talk about the existing state of aging infrastructure and the role additive manufacturing can play to meet this challenge (3:49), how ERDC became involved in 3D printing and how that capability has evolved (7:09), ERDC’s focus areas for advanced manufacturing R&D (11:36), and the project to manufacture the largest U.S. civil works infrastructure component produced by a 3D printer (18:40). They also discuss how ERDC is working to overcome some of the challenges of 3D-printing large infrastructure components (25:27), how ERDC’s high-performance computing capability boosts this effort (28:49), how it has benefitted from military research (39:02) and what the future holds (49:11). The Power of ERDC podcast is a behind-the-scenes look at ERDC’s involvement in solving some of the nation’s toughest engineering challenges.
Date Taken: | 05.01.2024 |
Date Posted: | 05.02.2024 18:14 |
Category: | Newscasts |
Audio ID: | 80214 |
Filename: | 2405/DOD_110275261.mp3 |
Length: | 00:52:43 |
Artist | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
Year | 2024 |
Location: | VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, US |
Web Views: | 8 |
Downloads: | 0 |
High-Res. Downloads: | 0 |
This work, Power of ERDC podcast Ep. #28: Advanced manufacturing: Using 3D printing, new materials and optimized designs to produce large-scale components, by Christopher Kieffer, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.