Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kränkel
Head of workgroup concrete technology and assists Prof. Gehlen in leading project A02.
He instructs and supports the academic staff regarding additive manufacturing and concrete technological questions.
Project(s)
Particle-Bed 3D Printing by Selective Cement Paste Intrusion (SPI) – Particle Surface Functionalisation, Particle Synthesis and Integration of WAAM Reinforcement
Extrusion of Near-Nozzle Mixed Concrete –Individually Graded in Density and in Rate of 3D Fibre Reinforcement
Publications
2024 | C. Thiel, C.M. Hechtl, C. Gehlen, T. Kränkel: Sustainability Potential of Additive Manufactured Concrete Structures – Studies on the Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity of an Extruded Exterior Wall Proceedings of the Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, DC 2024, RILEM Bookseries, vol. 53, Springer, Cham, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70031-6_2
2023 | A. Straßer, F. Riegger, L.D Hamilton, T. Kraenkel, C. Gehlen, M.F. Zaeh, A. Kwade: Selective Paste Intrusion: Integration of reinforcement by WAAM — Concept and current research with special attention to cooling strategies. Construction and Building Materials 2023, 406, 133236.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133236
2023 | K. Tischner, S. Rappl, F. Riegger, A. Strasser, K. Osterminski, T. Kraenkel, S. Baehr, M.F. Zaeh, C. Gehlen: Bond Behavior of WAAM Reinforcements in Comparison to Conventional Steel Reinforcements. In: Constr. Mater. 2023, 3, 217–232.
https://doi.org/10.3390/constrmater3020014
2023 | F. Herding, A. Strasser, D. Briels, D. Lowke, T. Kränkel: Experimental results for mechanical and thermal properties of SCA material, Dataset, TUM: Munich, 2023, https://doi.org/10.14459/2023mp1720074
2023 | A. Strasser, D. Briels, T. Kränkel, P. Sonnleitner, C. Wiesner, B. Knychalla: Thermal conductivity assessment of SCA material with lightweight expanded glass aggregate, Dataset, TUM: Munich, 2023, https://doi.org/10.14459/2023mp1720075
2023 | A. Straßer, T. Kränkel. C. Gehlen: Integrating Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing into Selective Paste Intrusion for Reinforced Concrete Elements: Effect of Temperature on the Mechanical Performance. In: ibausil 2023
2023 | A. Straßer, A. Haynack, T. Kränkel, C. Gehlen: Additive Manufacturing by the Selective Paste Intrusion Method: Effect of the Distance of the Print NozzIe to the Particle bed on the Print Quality. In: Preprints 2023, 2023030236.
https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0236.v1
2022 | Straßer, A.; Weger, D.; Matthäus, Carla; Kränkel, T.; Gehlen, C.: Combining Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing and Selective Paste Intrusion for Additively Manufactured Structural Concrete. In: Visions and Strategies for Reinforcing Additively Manufactured Concrete Structures 61-72 (2022)
2022 | Straßer, A.; Matthäus, Carla; Weger, D.; Kränkel, T.; Gehlen, C.: Selective Paste Intrusion: Stability of Cement Paste Mixtures Towards Changing Ambient Temperature. In: Third RILEM International Conference 296–301 (2022)
2021 | Weger, D.; Pierre, A.; Perrot, A.; Kränkel, T.; Lowke, D.; Gehlen, C.: Penetration of Cement Pastes into Particle-Beds: A Comparison of Penetration Models. In: Materials 2021, 14, 389. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020389.
2020 | Matthäus, C.; Kofler, N.; Kränkel, T.; Weger, D.; Gehlen, C.: Interlayer Reinforcement Combined with Fiber Reinforcement for Extruded Lightweight Mortar Elements. In: Materials 2020, 13, 4778, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13214778.
2020 | Weger, D.; Baier, D.; Straßer, A.; Prottung, S.; Kränkel, T.; Bachmann, A.; Gehlen, C.; Zäh, M.: Reinforced Particle-Bed Printing by Combination of the Selective Paste Intrusion Method with Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing – A First Feasibility Study. In: RILEM Bookseries 28, pp. 978–987, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_95.
