A flexible mold for double curved precast concrete elements

The manufacturing of double curved precast concrete elements is still expensive, due to the high costs and limited possibilities for repetitive use of the molds or formwork. The goal of a PhD project recently initiated at TU Delft is to develop a production method that overcomes these difficulties by enabling the mold to be used many times and by making the shape of the mold adjustable in a flexible way. This article describes the research goal and method of this PhD project.