Investigating laminated bamboo lumber as an alternate to wood lumber in residential construction in the United States

Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Modern Bamboo Structures, ICBS-2007

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-96

  Rittironk, S ^a   Elnieiri, M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79952293738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203888926.ch9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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