Conception and feasibility of bamboo-precocious wood composite beams

Journal of Bamboo and Rattan

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-279

  Amino, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Composite; Cost; Optimisation; Poplar; Precocious wood; Reinforcement; Sandwich beam

Indexed keywords

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS;

EID: 0346899604     PISSN: 15691586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915903322555559     Document Type: Review

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