Two-by-four house construction using laminated bamboos

11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1334-1341

  Xiao, Yan ^a,b   Chen, Guo ^a   Shan, Bo ^a   She, Liyong ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c Advanced Bamboo and Timber Technologies Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Glubam; House; Light frame; Plybamboo; Two by four

Indexed keywords

BUILDING AREAS; DESIGN CODES; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GLUBAM; HOUSE CONSTRUCTION; LAMINATED BAMBOO; LIGHT-FRAME; LOAD CARRYING; PLYBAMBOO; SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL DETAILS; TWO-BY-FOUR;

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; HOUSES; LAMINATING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84870438566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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