Romain Mesnil

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Romain Mesnil is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of digital fabrication, structural engineering, and sustainable construction. His work primarily focuses on additive manufacturing of construction materials, with groundbreaking contributions to concrete 3D printing, geopolymer composites, and innovative structural systems. Mesnil's research has garnered significant attention, with his most cited paper on additive manufacturing of cantilevers from masonry to concrete 3D printing accumulating 124 citations, demonstrating the field's high interest. He developed the "Slug Test" for inline assessment of yield stress in extrusion-based additive manufacturing, a practical tool that has gained 24 citations for its industrial applicability. His life cycle assessment of concrete 3D printing processes (40 citations) provides crucial environmental insights for the construction industry. Mesnil has also explored free-form structures from topologically interlocking masonries (30 citations) and advanced timber construction through flexible digital manufacturing of nexorades. His recent work on residual stress control in large-format polymer additive manufacturing via digital twins and in-operando imaging (2025) represents cutting-edge integration of computational methods with fabrication. Through his research, Mesnil is making complex structures more affordable and sustainable, bridging the gap between materials science, structural engineering, and digital manufacturing.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Additive manufacturing of cantilever - From masonry to concrete 3D printing

   124 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Life cycle assessment of a concrete 3D printing process

   40 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Free-form structures from topologically interlocking masonries

   30 citations · 2020
4. 4
   “The Slug Test”: Inline Assessment of Yield Stress for Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing

   24 citations · 2020
5. 5
   Strategy to shape, on a half-meter scale, a geopolymer composite structure by additive manufacturing

   18 citations · 2021
6. 6
   Flexible digital manufacturing of timber construction: the design and fabrication of a free-form nexorade

   4 citations · 2023
7. 7
   Residual stress control in large-format additive manufacturing of polylactic acid via a digital twin and in-operando imaging

   3 citations · 2025
8. 8
   Form Finding of Nexorades Using the Translations Method

   3 citations · 2018
9. 9
   Non-sequential assembly of mortise and tenon joints

   2 citations · 2023
10. 10
    Proposals to make Complex Structures Affordable

    2 citations · 2018

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