Engineered bamboo: state of the art

By Bhavna Sharma, Ana Gatóo, Maximilian C. D. Bock, Helen Mulligan, M. Ramage. 2015

191 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Bamboo is a rapidly renewable material that is available globally and comparable in strength to modern structural materials. The widespread use of bamboo in construction is limited by the inherent variability in its geometric and mechanical properties, and the lack of standardisation. Engineered bamboo aims to reduce the variability of the natural material and is processed and manufactured into laminated composites. Although the composites have mechanical properties similar to other structural materials, the products are currently limited to architectural applications. A field of research on engineering bamboo is emerging with the aim to demonstrate and expand its use to structural applications. To summarise the state of the art, a review of published research is presented with the focus on two types of engineered bamboo: bamboo scrimber and laminated bamboo. The materials are compared with structural timber and laminated veneer lumber to demonstrate the potential applications and practical use.

Subfields: Plant Science, Polymers and Plastics

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In Plant Science

1. M. Ramage
2. Maximilian C. D. Bock
3. Bhavna Sharma
4. Ana Gatóo

In Polymers and Plastics

1. M. Ramage
2. Maximilian C. D. Bock
3. Bhavna Sharma
4. Ana Gatóo

Citations in the corpus

• Effect of processing methods on the mechanical properties of engineered bamboo (2015, background): “To increase utilisation, engineered bamboo was developed as a laminated composite, which maintains the inherent strength of the raw material to form with a uniform section, thus reducing the variability in properties [5].”
• Engineered bamboo for structural applications (2015, background): “Engineered bamboo composites are of particular interest due to the standardisation of shape and the relatively low variability in material properties [22].”