1st Edition

Modern Bamboo Structures Proceedings of the First International Conference

Edited By Yan Xiao, Masafumi Inoue, Shyam K. Paudel Copyright 2008
312 Pages
by CRC Press

312 Pages
by CRC Press

Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees, thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. Despite the fact that human society has a long history of using bamboo, there is still a lack of modern and industrialized application of bamboo materials in construction. Promoting the application of bamboo in construction could provide a... Read more
Selected Contents: Properties of bamboo materials, components; Design, experimental testing, analysis of bamboo structures and components; Modern bamboo buildings and bridges; Composites of bamboo, timber and other materials; Bamboo reinforced concrete; Comparative studies of timber and bamboo structures; Adhesives, joints, engineered bamboo products; Environmental, sustainability and ecological issues; Structural and constructional applications of other natural and non-conventional materials.

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Yan Xiao, Masafumi Inoue, Shyam K. Paudel