Engineered bamboo for structural applications

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-73

  Sharma, Bhavna ^a   Gatóo, Ana ^a   Bock, Maximilian ^a   Ramage, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bamboo scrimber; Construction; Engineered composites; Laminated bamboo

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TIMBER;

BAMBOO SCRIMBER; GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER; INHERENT VARIABILITY; LAMINATED BAMBOO; LAMINATED BAMBOO SHEETS; NATURAL MATERIALS; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84923331661     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.01.077     Document Type: Article

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