Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Kloft
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Kloft leads the scientific staff in the orientation and execution of the design process creation and supports them in an advisory capacity in the creation of test geometries and demonstrators. He is responsible for the content and organisational coordination of all work on the part of ITE.
He instructs the research engineer at ITE in the conceptual structure, execution and evaluation of the theoretical and experimental research work.
He is the spokesperson of the TRR 277. He serves as contact person for the DFG and represents the TRR 277 externally. Internally, Prof. Kloft is chairman of the executive board of TRR 277 as well as of the project leaders and the general assembly. He is responsible for the management and settlement of funds and for the convening of board meetings and general meetings in cooperation with 3). Additionally, he is involved in the coordination between the research projects and oversees the aims of TRR 277. Prof. Kloft is also responsible, assisted by 2), for the coordination of general public relation matters in close cooperation with the communication facilities TUBS Communications and Press Service (TUBS-CPS) and the TUM Corporate Communications Center (TUM CCC).
Project(s)
Integrated Additive Manufacturing Processes for Reinforced Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP) Elements with Precise Surface Quality
Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) of Complex Individualized Steel Components
Earth Additive Manufacturing (EAM) – Material and Process Combinations for AM with Earth-based Materials
Jointing Principles for Combination of Concrete Elements Produced by Different Additive Manufacturing Processes
Central Tasks of the AMC
Publications
2024 |J. Fleckenstein, B. Knychalla, D. Briels, A. Baghdadi, G. Placzek, F. Herding, P. Schwerdtner, T. Auer, D. Lowke, H. Kloft, K. Dörfler, P. Ayres, M. R. Thomsen, B. Sheil, M. Skavara: BREUER X AM: Functional hybridisation in concrete building envelope elements through additive manufacturing, Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, UCL Press, 2024, 196–205, https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11374766.29
2024 | J. Unglaub, M. Müggenburg, H. Jahns, H. Kloft, J. Hensel, K. Thiele: Towards a Digital Twin to Enable First Time Right DED-Arc Components, Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication Munich, RILEM Bookseries, vol 53, Springer, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70031-6 51
2024 | L. Lachmayer, J. Quantz, H. Heeren, T. Recker, R. Dörrie, H. Kloft, A. Raatz: A spatial multi-layer control concept for strand geometry control in robot-based additive manufacturing processes, Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication Munich, RILEM Bookseries, vol 53, Springer, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70031-6_14
2024 | L. Lachmayer, T. Recker, L. Dittrich, R. Dörrie, H. Kloft, A. Raatz: Inline image-based reinforcement detection for concrete additive manufacturing processes using a convolutional neural network, Proceedings of the 41st ISARC,2024 https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2024/0007
2024 | J. Hitzegrad, L. Brohmann, F. Herding, K. Pfennings, S. Jonischkies, E. Scharnbeck, J. Mainka, I. Mai, C. Windt, H. Kloft, A. Wehrmann, D. Lowke, N. Goseberg: Surfaces of coastal biogenic structures: exploiting advanced digital design and fabrication strategies for the manufacturing of oyster reef and mussel bed surrogates, Front. Mar. Sci., 11:1395025, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1395025
2023 | R. Dörrie, N. Freund, E. Herrmann, A. Baghdadi, I., Mai, F. Galli, M. David, K. Dröder, D. Lowke, H. Kloft: Automated force-flow-oriented reinforcement integration for Shotcrete 3D Printing. In: Automation in Construction, 155, p.105075, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105075
https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111806
2022 | R. Dörrie, V. Laghi, L. Arrè, G. Kienbaum, N. Babovic, N. Hack, H. Kloft: Combined Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Adaptive Coastline Protection Structures. In: Buildings, vol. 12, no. 11, p. 1806, 2022.
https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111806
2022 | R. Dörrie, and H. Kloft: Force-Flow compliant robotic path planning approach for reinforced concrete elements. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, 2022, pp. 370-375.
2022 | C. Müller, J. Müller, H. Kloft, and J. Hensel : Design of Structural Steel Components According to Manufacturing Possibilities of the Robot-Guided DED-Arc Process. In: Buildings, vol. 12, no. 12, p. 2154. (Dec. 2022.) doi: 10.3390/buildings12122154
2022 | Lachmayer L., Dörrie R., Kloft H., Raatz A.: Process Control for Additive Manufacturing of Concrete Components. In: RILEM Bookseries Vol. 37, pp. 351-356, (3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (DC 2022), England), (6 pages), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06116-5_52
2022 | Lowke, D.; Gehlen, C.; Kloft, H.; Freund, N.; Matthäus, C.: Bewehrungskonzepte beim 3D-Druck von Konstruktionsbeton. In: BfT International, 02.2021, S. 92.
2022 | Lanwer, J.-P.; Weigel, H.; Baghdadi, A.; Empelmann, M.; Kloft, H.: Jointing Principles in AMC—Part 1: Design and Preparation of Dry Joints. In: Applied Sciences, 2022, 12, 4138
https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094138
2022 | Buswell, R. A.; Bos, F. P.; Leal da Silva, W. R.; Hack, N.; Kloft, H.; Lowke, D.; Freund, N.; Fromm, A.; Dini, E.; Wangler, T.; Lloret-Fritschi, E.; Schipper, R.; Mechtcherine, V.; Perrot, A.; Vasilic, K.; Roussel, N.: Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials: Process Classification and Case Studies. In: Roussel, N. and Lowke, D. (2022). Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials (Reports 36). RILEM State-of-the-Art. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90535-4_2
2022 | Asprone, D.; Menna, C.; Bos, F.; Mata-Falcón, J.; Ferrara, L.; Auricchio, F.; Cadoni, E.; Cunha, V. M. C. F.; Esposito, L.; Fromm, A.; Grünewald, S.; Kloft, H.; Mechtcherine, V.; Naidu Nerella, V.; Schipper, R.: Structural Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Concrete Structures. In: Roussel, N. and Lowke, D. (2022). Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials (Reports 36). RILEM State-of-the-Art. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90535-4_6
2021 | Mai, I.; Brohmann, L.; Freund, N.; Gantner, S.; Kloft, H.; Lowke, D.; Hack, N.: Large Particle 3D Concrete Printing – A Green and Viable Solution. In: Materials, 14, 6125, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14206125.
2021 | Mechtcherine, V.; Buswell, R.; Kloft, H.; Bos, F. P.; Hack, N.; Wolfs, R.; Sanjayan, J.; Nematollahi, B.; Ivaniuk, E.; Neef, T.: Integrating reinforcement in digital fabrication with concrete: A review and classification framework. In: Cement and Concrete Composites, 119, 2021. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.103964.
2021 | Lachmayer, L.; Dörrie, R.; Kloft,H.; Raatz, A.: Automated shotcrete 3D printing – Printing interruption for extended component complexity. In: ISARC, 2021.
2021 | Baghdadi, A.; Doerrie, R.; Kloft, H.: New calculation approach for selecting and orienting the reinforcing material for robotic concrete manufacturing. In: Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and the 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures Inspiring the Next Generation. 23 – 27 August, Guilford, UK, 2021.
2021 | Baghdadi, A.; Meshkini, A.; Kloft, H.: Parametric design of in-plane concrete dry joints by FE method and Fuzzy logic toward utilising additive manufacturing technique. In: Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and the 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures Inspiring the Next Generation. 23 – 27 August, Guilford, UK, 2021.
2021 | Baghdadi, A.; Meshkini, A.; Kloft, H.: Inspiration of Interlocking Wooden Puzzles for Precast Concrete Construction Conceptual Design of Structures. In: International fib Symposium, September 16-18, Switzerland, 2021.
2021 | Lowke, D.: Injection 3D concrete printing in a carrier liquid – Underlying physics and applications to lightweight space frame structures. In: Cement and Concrete Composites, 2021. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104169.
2021 | Lowke, D.; Gehlen, C.; Kloft, H.; Freund, N.; Matthäus, C.: Bewehrungskonzepte beim 3D-Druck von Konstruktionsbeton. In: BfT International, 02.2021, S. 92, 2021.
2021 | Alaimo, G.; Carraturo, M.; Korshunova, N.; Kollmannsberger, S.: Numerical evaluation of high cycle fatigue life for additively manufactured stainless steel 316L lattice structures. In: Material Design and Processing Communication 3 (4), pp. e249, Wiley, 2021. – DOI: 10.1002/mdp2.249.
2021 | Empelmann, M.; Kloft, H.: Practical solutions in additive manufacturing – Innovative jointing principles. In: BFT International 87, Issue 2, p. 93.
2021 | Kloft, H., Gehlen, C., Dörfler, K., Hack, N., Henke, K., Lowke, D., Mainka, J. and Raatz, A. (2021), TRR 277: Additive Fertigung im Bauwesen. In: Bautechnik, 98: 222-231. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202000113.
2020 | Hack, N.; Kloft, H.; Lowke, D.: Additive Fertigung im Bauwesen: 3D-Betondruck als eine Schlüsseltechnologie für die Digitalisierung der Bauwirtschaft. In: Ingenieurbaukunst 2020 – Made in Germany, Jahrbuch der Bundesingenieurkammer, S. 178-183, 2020.
2020 | Buswell, R.; Kinnell, P.; Xu, J.; Hack, N.; Kloft, H.; Maboudi, M.; Gerke, M.; Massin, P.; Grasser, G.; Wolfs, R.; Bos, F.: Inspection Methods for 3D Concrete Printing. In: RILEM Bookseries 28, pp. 790-803, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_78.
2020 | Kloft, H.; Krauss, H.-W.; Hack, N.; Herrmann, E.; Neudecker, S.; Varady, P.; Lowke, D.: Influence of process parameters on the interlayer bond strength of concrete elements additive manufactured by Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP). In: Cement and Concrete Research 134, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106078.
2020 | Kloft, H.; Empelmann, M.; Hack, N.; Herrmann, E. Lowke, D.: Bewehrungsstrategien für den Beton-3D-Druck. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 115, 2020. – DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/best.202000032.
2020 | Baghdadi, A.; Heristchian, M.; Ledderose, L.; Kloft, H.: Experimental and numerical assessment of new precast concrete connections under bending loads. In: Engineering Structures 212, ELSEVIER, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110456.
2020 | Hack, N.; Dressler, I.; Brohmann, L.; Gantner, S.; Lowke, D.; Kloft, H.: Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP): Basic Principles and Case Studies. In: Materials 2020, 13, 1093, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13051093.
