Engineered bamboo and bamboo-reinforced concrete elements as sustainable building materials: A review

A Bala, S Gupta - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Laminated bamboo and bamboo scrimber are value-added engineered forms of bamboo
produced in standard shape and size, with better physical and mechanical characteristics …

Densification of bamboo: State of the art

M Kadivar, C Gauss, K Ghavami, H Savastano Jr - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Densification processes are used to improve the mechanical and physical properties of
lignocellulose materials by either collapsing the cell cavities or by filling up the pores …

Bamboo as a sustainable building material—culm characteristics and properties

K Chaowana, S Wisadsatorn, P Chaowana - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bamboo culm is a renewable and lightweight material with high strength, particularly tensile
strength. It is well accepted that bamboo culms have played a significant role in architecture …

An innovative digital workflow to design, build and manage bamboo structures

L Mimendi, R Lorenzo, H Li - Sustainable Structures, 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
At current rates, the building industry is the major contributor to gas emissions and energy
consumption in the world, placing unprecedented pressure to find alternative and …

Gradient changes in fiber bundle content and mechanical properties lead to asymmetric bending of bamboo

X Wang, X Chen, B Huang, L Chen, C Fang… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterial bamboo has excellent strength and toughness. The content of fiber
bundles and the gradually increasing tensile strength of fiber bundles from the inside to the …

Mechanical properties of engineered bamboo boards for glubam structures

Z Li, XZ He, ZM Cai, R Wang, Y Xiao - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Glued laminated bamboo (glubam) is a type of engineered bamboo that resembles timber-
based glued laminated lumber (glulam). The glubam components are made by laminating …

Review on the application of bamboo-based materials in construction engineering

B Shu, Z Xiao, L Hong, S Zhang, C Li… - Journal of Renewable …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Due to the continuously increasing demand for building materials across the world, it is
necessary to use renewable materials in place of the existing nonrenewable materials in …

[HTML][HTML] Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness behavior and mechanisms of bamboo

Q Chen, C Dai, C Fang, M Chen, S Zhang, R Liu, X Liu… - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Bamboo, with its fast growth rate and outstanding mechanical properties, has received
increasing attention as a green material for engineering applications. Compared to other …

Preparation of crack-free, non-notched, flattened bamboo board and its physical and mechanical properties

T Yuan, X Xiao, T Zhang, Z Yuan, X Wang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bamboo flattening technology can increase the utilization of bamboo, flattening half or third
bamboo tube sections into flattened bamboo strips through steam softening, roller flattening …

Modelling full-culm bamboo as a naturally varying functionally graded material

Y Akinbade, I Nettleship, C Papadopoulos… - Wood Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The mechanical behaviour of bamboo is greatly influenced by its transverse properties,
which are not easily measured by experiment. This study develops a framework and the …