Development of engineered bamboo

Shrestha, R; Crews, K

Development of engineered bamboo

Shrestha, R

Crews, K

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Shrestha, R https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-6525	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Crews, K https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-1423	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121353
dc.description.abstract	Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants and has mechanical properties similar to timber. Application of bamboo in construction is, however, limited to low cost housing and temporary structures due to a number of growth characteristics such as irregular shapes, hollow circular cross-sections, etc. To overcome these limitations in bamboo, an experimental study was undertaken to investigate the potential of developing an engineered bamboo product by cutting bamboo into smaller strips and gluing them together into rectangular cross-sections. Results of the tests showed that higher strength and stiffness and much lower variation in these properties, compared to natural bamboo, can be achieved when bamboo is fabricated into such an engineered product.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	WCTE 2014 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, Proceedings	en_US
dc.title	Development of engineered bamboo	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CBI - Centre for Built Infrastructure
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants and has mechanical properties similar to timber. Application of bamboo in construction is, however, limited to low cost housing and temporary structures due to a number of growth characteristics such as irregular shapes, hollow circular cross-sections, etc. To overcome these limitations in bamboo, an experimental study was undertaken to investigate the potential of developing an engineered bamboo product by cutting bamboo into smaller strips and gluing them together into rectangular cross-sections. Results of the tests showed that higher strength and stiffness and much lower variation in these properties, compared to natural bamboo, can be achieved when bamboo is fabricated into such an engineered product.

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