The Wilhelm Klauditz Prize, worth 5,000 euros, is awarded every three years for outstanding scientific or application-oriented work in the field of wood research and environmental protection.
Following the iVTH general meeting, the 12th Wilhelm Klauditz Prize was awarded in Braunschweig on November 6, 2024. This year, at the suggestion of the prize committee, Andreas Göbert, Prof. Philipp Eversmann and Prof. Dr. Julian Lienhard from the University of Kassel received the award for their work 3DWoodWind Research Prototype - Modular construction system made of wound hollow profiles. Prof. Dr. Rainer Marutzky praised the innovative system in his laudation before Andreas Göbert presented his work in a specialist lecture.
From left to right: Prof. Dr. Raoul Klingner (Fraunhofer WKI), award winner Andreas Göbert and Prof. Dr. Rainer Marutzky (iVTH)
The use of wood as a renewable raw material in construction is becoming increasingly important. The scientists from Kassel have researched an innovative way of using wood veneer. The award-winning work deals with the development of three-dimensional winding processes for material-efficient hollow profile lightweight components made of wood.
The innovative modular construction system "3DWoodWind Research Prototype" was developed by the award winners as a lightweight component using additive technologies. It is a prototype manufactured using a three-dimensional winding process of endless veneer wood strips around hollow components. While synthetic carbon or glass fibres have previously been used predominantly for the fibre composite technology process, the new process uses a continuous strip of thin wood veneer. The veneer strips are glued together using PU adhesive. The construction system enables the intelligent combination and design of modular components to create multi-story structures. It can be integrated into the 3D planning of buildings using AI-controlled construction logic and used in areas that were previously primarily reserved for the use of concrete slabs and steel profiles.
Research partners are Philipp Eversmann (University of Kassel, Department of Experimental and Digital Design and Construction), Julian Lienhard (Department of Structural Design) and Philipp Geyer (Leibniz University Hannover, Department of Sustainable Building Technology). Andreas Göbert, Georgia Margariti, Julian Ochs, Ole Wehye, Felita Felita, Ueli Saluz and Andrea Rossi were responsible for the scientific development.
The team was supported by three companies from the adhesive, veneer manufacturing and mechanical engineering sectors. The research project was funded by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB) using funds from the Zukunft Bau innovation program.
Other project participants were Elias Arayess, Guido Brinkmann, Nils Eckhardt, Sebastian Körner, Ilija Majcen, Clemens Mostert, Seyed Mobin Moussavi, Björn Raschper and Moritz Reh.
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