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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"bamboo"”.
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The structure and mechanical behavior of bamboo and bamboo products
Bamboo is a unique lignocellulosic material with considerable potential in sustainable construction. Structural bamboo products are analogous to wood products, such as oriented strand board (OSB), but composed primarily of bamboo elements, as opposed to wood elements. Such products could extend the …
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Material characterization of Guadua bamboo and the environmental feasibility of structural bamboo products
Bamboo has long been used in vernacular construction because of its high strength, rapid growth rate, and global abundance. Bamboo is increasingly being used in contemporary architecture as a sustainable alternative to wood and other building materials. Forming bamboo into a structural composite …
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Novel Bamboo-Timber and Bamboo Composites for Sustainable Construction
… examines the mechanical behaviour of laminated bamboo and hybrid bamboo timber composites that were developed as sustainable alternatives to conventional construction materials. Thirty-six specimens were manufactured using a novel combination of bamboo and pinewood strips. The specimens were …
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Puja Pandals : rethinking an urban bamboo structure
… usually temples, built in wood and cloth over a bamboo super-structure. Traditionally they are built for Durga Puja, a festival in the month of October in parts of Eastern India. Today these structures have become expressions of a broader popular culture where themes both religious and …
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Design of a low cost bamboo footbridge
… new sustainable materials is growing rapidly. Bamboo is a very promising green material with remarkable properties. It has been used as a structural material for centuries in China and in South America. However, it has not yet penetrated the European or the American construction market. …
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Bamboo as a material for reinforcing concrete
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 1914.
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Bamboo: An Alternative Building Material for Urban Ethiopia
This project explores the potential of bamboo as an alternative building material for low cost housing units suitable for urban Ethiopia. The rational for the application of bamboo comes from its abundance throughout the country, and its proven physical properties that equate it to other building …
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Multiscale structural investigation of bamboo under compressive Loading
Bamboo has been widely utilized as a load bearing material in building construction since ancient times by taking advantage of its excellent mechanical performance under loading as well as its low density and rapid growth. Application of bamboo to engineering, architecture and infrastructure …
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of bamboo in compression
Bamboo has received much interest recently as a construction material due to its strength, rapid growth, and abundance in developing nations such as China, India, and Brazil. The main obstacle to the widespread use of bamboo as a structural material is the lack of adequate information on the …
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Analysis of Calcutta bamboo for structural composite materials
… abating, alternative products must be developed. Bamboo is a very promising alternative raw material for the manufacture of structural composite products. It is fast growing, economical, renewable and abundant throughout the world. Bamboo has physical and mechanical properties that are comparable …
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Paper pulp from Chinese bamboo by the soda process
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1922.
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U.S. Bamboo house of the future : standardizing ecological living
… focuses on ecological living through the use of bamboo. It explores how the material can be used for methods of prefabricated housing design within the United States. It also uses a "ht of parts" and describes two examples that exemplify good use of bamboo. While bamboo is increasingly being used …
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Bamboo Housing: Building with Composites for Dignity and Longevity
… methods thesis provides a cumulative study of bamboo as a natural material and building product through the lenses of architectural and product design, engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, material science, environmental science, history, and culture. All case study work is based in the …
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Radial and longitudinal variation of the mechanical properties of bamboo
… recently has there been an increased interest in bamboo as a construction material for its economic, social and environmental benefits. For bamboo to be widely implemented in construction, however, there is a need to better understand the variation in the plant's mechanical properties. The …
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Mind Tool and Matter- Synergies in Digital Fabrication and Bamboo Craftsmanship
Bamboo is widely used as a construction material in many places across the tropics, presenting a viable approach to locally-sourced, sustainable resource usage. Colombia has a well-established tradition in craftsmanship and design, preserved in a legacy of vernacular and contemporary architecture. …
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Prediction of Bending Properties of Lightly Modified Bamboo from Bambusa blumeana
Bamboo is one of the most sustainable construction materials in the world. A new form of bamboo material called "mass bamboo panels" has been developed for wall and floor systems for multi-story buildings. Mass bamboo panels use lightly modified bamboo (LMB) where the top and bottom of round bamboo …
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Auspicious Generation: The Bamboo LIfe Cycle of a Chinese Cultural Center
This is an architectural thesis exploring bamboo not just as a material, but asking what the temporal nature of the material could mean for design. While bamboo is often considered sustainable because of its considerable growth rate, few really embrace the nature of bamboo. To exhibit this concept …
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Flammability and durability of bamboo fabric reinforced polypropylene composites and their hybrids
Bamboo fabric has excellent mechanical properties and can also contribute substantially to fire resistance in composites. In this study, bamboo fabric has been used to reinforce polypropylene (PP) to produce eco-friendly composites. Hybridisation is a technique which may improve the strength and …
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Electromigration behavior and reliability of bamboo Al(Cu) interconnects for integrated circuits
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1999.
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