Jacques Kruger

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jacques Kruger is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Automotive Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacques Kruger has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Building and Construction, 24 papers in Automotive Engineering and 16 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jacques Kruger's work include Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (33 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (24 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (13 papers). Jacques Kruger is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (33 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (24 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (13 papers). Jacques Kruger collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and Germany. Jacques Kruger's co-authors include Gideon van Zijl, Stephan Zeranka, Riaan Combrinck, G.M. Moelich, Anton du Plessis, Marchant van den Heever, Seung Cho, Freek Bos, Celeste Viljoen and Viktor Mechtcherine and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Construction and Building Materials and Cement and Concrete Composites.

In The Last Decade

Jacques Kruger

31 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

On the emergence of 3D printable Engineered, Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)

2020 256 citations Freek Bos, Viktor Mechtcherine et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
Evaluating the effects of porosity on the mechanical properties of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete

2022 154 citations Marchant van den Heever, Anton du Plessis et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jacques Kruger South Africa	21	2.1k	1.5k	1.2k	224	164	33	2.3k
A.V. Rahul Belgium	23	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	203 0.9×	160 1.0×	32	2.2k
Dirk Lowke Germany	21	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	873 0.7×	241 1.1×	110 0.7×	91	2.0k
Lex Reiter Switzerland	15	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	653 0.5×	199 0.9×	99 0.6×	25	1.6k
Alexandre Pierre France	14	1.0k 0.5×	728 0.5×	513 0.4×	165 0.7×	100 0.6×	25	1.2k
Stefan Chaves Figueiredo Netherlands	16	1.1k 0.5×	777 0.5×	875 0.7×	130 0.6×	53 0.3×	22	1.4k
Shuai Zou China	19	1.3k 0.6×	846 0.5×	897 0.8×	101 0.5×	68 0.4×	40	1.5k
Zeeshan Ahmed Netherlands	8	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	566 0.5×	246 1.1×	85 0.5×	14	1.7k
Taylor Marchment Australia	7	1.1k 0.5×	899 0.6×	526 0.4×	155 0.7×	78 0.5×	7	1.1k
Harald Kloft Germany	18	1.0k 0.5×	759 0.5×	417 0.4×	109 0.5×	63 0.4×	67	1.3k
Shami Nejadi Australia	20	1.1k 0.5×	461 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	143 0.6×	42 0.3×	63	1.6k

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All Works

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Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2025). Improving shear and flexural performance of macroscale 3D printed concrete beams through filament interlocking. Journal of Building Engineering. 111. 113159–113159. 1 indexed citations

Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2025). Surface treatment of 3DPC interlayers with silicate-based solution for enhanced interfacial bonding. Cement and Concrete Research. 196. 107948–107948. 3 indexed citations

Tittelboom, Kim Van, Manu K. Mohan, Branko Šavija, et al.. (2024). On the micro- and meso-structure and durability of 3D printed concrete elements. Cement and Concrete Research. 185. 107649–107649. 11 indexed citations

Kloft, Harald, Freek Bos, Niklas Freund, et al.. (2024). Interaction of reinforcement, process, and form in Digital Fabrication with Concrete. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107640–107640. 6 indexed citations

Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2024). Off-site 3D printed concrete beam design and fabrication. Journal of Building Engineering. 89. 109117–109117. 11 indexed citations

Günzel, Friederike, et al.. (2024). Investigating inherent cement setting mechanisms to improve the constructability performance of extrusion-based 3D concrete printing. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions. 9(12). 1 indexed citations

Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Poisson Ratio of 3D Printed Concrete. Applied Sciences. 13(5). 3225–3225. 9 indexed citations

Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2023). Rivet reinforcement for concrete printing. Additive manufacturing. 67. 103490–103490. 16 indexed citations

Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2023). Improving interlayer bond in 3D printed concrete through induced thermo-hydrokinetics. Construction and Building Materials. 393. 132121–132121. 21 indexed citations

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Kruger, Jacques, et al.. (2023). Off-site construction with 3D concrete printing. Automation in Construction. 152. 104906–104906. 34 indexed citations

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Moelich, G.M., Jacques Kruger, & Riaan Combrinck. (2022). A plastic shrinkage cracking risk model for 3D printed concrete exposed to different environments. Cement and Concrete Composites. 130. 104516–104516. 47 indexed citations

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Cho, Seung, et al.. (2021). Rheology and application of buoyant foam concrete for digital fabrication. Composites Part B Engineering. 215. 108800–108800. 59 indexed citations

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Heever, Marchant van den, et al.. (2021). Mechanical characterisation for numerical simulation of extrusion-based 3D concrete printing. Journal of Building Engineering. 44. 102944–102944. 63 indexed citations

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Bos, Freek, Jacques Kruger, Sandra S. Lucas, & Gideon van Zijl. (2021). Juxtaposing fresh material characterisation methods for buildability assessment of 3D printable cementitious mortars. Cement and Concrete Composites. 120. 104024–104024. 62 indexed citations

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Moelich, G.M., Jacques Kruger, & Riaan Combrinck. (2021). The effect of restrained early age shrinkage on the interlayer bond and durability of 3D printed concrete. Journal of Building Engineering. 43. 102857–102857. 73 indexed citations

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Kruger, Jacques, Stephan Zeranka, & Gideon van Zijl. (2020). A rheology-based quasi-static shape retention model for digitally fabricated concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 254. 119241–119241. 55 indexed citations

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Heever, Marchant van den, et al.. (2020). Reinforcing digitally fabricated concrete: A systems approach review. Additive manufacturing. 37. 101737–101737. 62 indexed citations

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Kruger, Jacques, Anton du Plessis, & Gideon van Zijl. (2020). An investigation into the porosity of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete. Additive manufacturing. 37. 101740–101740. 206 indexed citations

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Kruger, Jacques, Stephan Zeranka, & Gideon van Zijl. (2019). An ab initio approach for thixotropy characterisation of (nanoparticle-infused) 3D printable concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 224. 372–386. 194 indexed citations

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Kruger, Jacques, Stephan Zeranka, & Gideon van Zijl. (2019). 3D concrete printing: A lower bound analytical model for buildability performance quantification. Automation in Construction. 106. 102904–102904. 212 indexed citations

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