Assessing the policy issues relating to the use of bamboo in the construction industry in Nigeria

IP Okokpujie, ET Akinlabi, OO Fayomi - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The Nigerian government has promoted industrial development based on the area of policy
implementation. The development of policy and the use of bamboo in the construction …

Investigation of the effect of inhomogeneous material on the fracture mechanisms of bamboo by finite element method

R Ramful, A Sakuma - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bamboo is a remarkably strong and sustainable material available for construction. It
exhibits optimized mechanical characteristics based on a hollow-inhomogeneous structure …

Surfactant-induced reconfiguration of urea-formaldehyde resins enables improved surface properties and gluability of bamboo

L Liang, Y Zheng, Y Wu, J Yang, J Wang, Y Tao, L Li… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The high-efficiency development and utilization of bamboo resources can greatly alleviate
the current shortage of wood and promote the neutralization of CO2. However, the wide …

Mechanical Characterization and Numerical Modeling of Moso Bamboo for a Collapsible Stretcher Cum Chair

MA Basri, V Gautam, M Rai, N Rajput - Advances in Material Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Bamboo is a natural composite material that competes with the conventional structural
materials in terms of strength-to-weight ratio. The present work focuses on characterizing …

Crystalinity index evaluation of Dendrocalumus asper fibers through variation of chemical treatment

E Yuanita, I Ismojo, HK Adi, M Chalid - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, the use of natural fibers as reinforcing agents or fillers in thermoplastic polymer
matrices has been of much concern to researchers because they are renewable …

An investigation of bamboo-strip constructions built according to Yona Friedman's manuals

P Chiacchiera, A Bocco, W Ceretto… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper describes a research study on the structural and constructional properties of
bamboo strips used in accordance with manuals to improve the quality of self-building …