Engineered bamboo: State of the art

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Construction Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 57-67

  Sharma, Bhavna ^a   Gatoo, Ana ^a   Bock, Maximilian ^a   Mulligan, Helen ^b   Ramage, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Materials technology; Sustainability; Timber structures

Indexed keywords

LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

INHERENT VARIABILITY; LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL MATERIALS; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL TIMBERS; TIMBER STRUCTURES;

BAMBOO;

EID: 84925352653     PISSN: 1747650X     EISSN: 17476518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/coma.14.00020     Document Type: Article

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