Norman Hack

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Norman Hack is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Hack has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Building and Construction, 24 papers in Automotive Engineering and 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Norman Hack's work include Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (41 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (26 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (24 papers). Norman Hack is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (41 papers), BIM and Construction Integration (26 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (24 papers). Norman Hack collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Norman Hack's co-authors include Timothy Wangler, Harald Kloft, Matthias Köhler, Jonas Buchli, Fabio Gramazio, Dirk Lowke, Nicolas Roussel, Robert J. Flatt, Lex Reiter and Benjamin Dillenburger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Cement and Concrete Research.

In The Last Decade

Norman Hack

41 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Digital Concrete: Opportunities and Challenges

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norman Hack Germany	20	1.8k	1.3k	538	246	219	41	1.9k
Benjamin Dillenburger Switzerland	18	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	495 0.9×	238 1.0×	263 1.2×	87	1.9k
Dirk Lowke Germany	21	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	873 1.6×	157 0.6×	241 1.1×	91	2.0k
Harald Kloft Germany	18	1.0k 0.6×	759 0.6×	417 0.8×	223 0.9×	109 0.5×	67	1.3k
Lex Reiter Switzerland	15	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	653 1.2×	135 0.5×	199 0.9×	25	1.6k
Ena Lloret‐Fritschi Switzerland	13	1.0k 0.6×	728 0.5×	336 0.6×	124 0.5×	131 0.6×	30	1.1k
Jaime Mata‐Falcón Switzerland	19	1.3k 0.7×	723 0.5×	949 1.8×	121 0.5×	122 0.6×	51	1.7k
Nisar Ahamed Noor Mohamed Singapore	6	1.1k 0.6×	987 0.7×	380 0.7×	117 0.5×	226 1.0×	6	1.3k
Zeeshan Ahmed Netherlands	8	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	566 1.1×	140 0.6×	246 1.1×	14	1.7k
Yi Wei Daniel Tay Singapore	17	3.0k 1.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.2k 2.2×	309 1.3×	501 2.3×	29	3.4k
Walter Kaufmann Switzerland	21	1.8k 1.0×	634 0.5×	1.6k 3.0×	127 0.5×	133 0.6×	103	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Norman Hack

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norman Hack

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All Works

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Hack, Norman, et al.. (2025). Constraint-based form-finding of space trusses for Injection 3D Concrete Printing through Vector-based Graphic Statics. Additive manufacturing. 103. 104751–104751. 2 indexed citations

Freund, Niklas, Stefan Kollmannsberger, Christian Hühne, et al.. (2025). From Digital to Real: Optimised and Functionally Integrated Shotcrete 3D Printing Elements for Multi-Storey Structures. Buildings. 15(9). 1461–1461. 2 indexed citations

Hühne, Christian, et al.. (2025). Robotic frame winding: prefabricated fibre structures as formwork and reinforcement for digitally fabricated shell-like concrete elements. elib (German Aerospace Center). 9(1). 1 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

Lowke, Dirk, Ana Anton, Richard Buswell, et al.. (2024). Digital fabrication with concrete beyond horizontal planar layers. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107663–107663. 9 indexed citations

Lowke, Dirk, et al.. (2023). Robotic knitcrete: computational design and fabrication of a pedestrian bridge using robotic shotcrete on a 3D-Knitted formwork. Frontiers in Built Environment. 9. 10 indexed citations

Hack, Norman, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Winding Process of Individualized Fibre Reinforcement Structures for Additive Manufacturing in Construction. 3. 3 indexed citations

Laghi, Vittoria, et al.. (2022). Combined Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Adaptive Coastline Protection Structures. Buildings. 12(11). 1806–1806. 19 indexed citations

Schweiker, Marcel, et al.. (2021). Ten questions concerning the potential of digital production and new technologies for contemporary earthen constructions. Building and Environment. 206. 108240–108240. 37 indexed citations

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Freund, Niklas, et al.. (2021). Large Particle 3D Concrete Printing—A Green and Viable Solution. Materials. 14(20). 6125–6125. 19 indexed citations

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Lowke, Dirk, et al.. (2021). Injection 3D concrete printing in a carrier liquid - Underlying physics and applications to lightweight space frame structures. Cement and Concrete Composites. 124. 104169–104169. 24 indexed citations

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Mechtcherine, Viktor, Richard Buswell, Harald Kloft, et al.. (2021). Integrating reinforcement in digital fabrication with concrete: A review and classification framework. Cement and Concrete Composites. 119. 103964–103964. 144 indexed citations

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Hack, Norman, et al.. (2021). A Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Approach. ACADIA quarterly. 428–437. 1 indexed citations

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Kloft, Harald, Christoph Gehlen, Kathrin Dörfler, et al.. (2021). TRR 277: Additive manufacturing in construction. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 3(4). 113–122. 11 indexed citations

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Hack, Norman, et al.. (2021). A Lean-based Production Approach for Shotcrete 3D Printed Concrete Components. Proceedings of the ... ISARC. 7 indexed citations

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Hack, Norman, et al.. (2020). Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP): Basic Principles and Case Studies. Materials. 13(5). 1093–1093. 27 indexed citations

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Kloft, Harald, et al.. (2020). Bewehrungsstrategien für den Beton‐3D‐Druck. Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 115(8). 607–616. 10 indexed citations

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Kloft, Harald, et al.. (2019). Additive Fertigung im Bauwesen: erste 3‐D‐gedruckte und bewehrte Betonbauteile im Shotcrete‐3‐D‐Printing‐Verfahren (SC3DP). Bautechnik. 96(12). 929–938. 36 indexed citations

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Willmann, Jan, et al.. (2015). Iridescence Print: Robotically Printed Lightweight Mesh Structures. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 2(3). 117–122. 15 indexed citations

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Hack, Norman, et al.. (2013). Overcoming Repetition: Robotic Fabrication Processes at a Large Scale. International Journal of Architectural Computing. 11(3). 285–299. 18 indexed citations

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