Both wood and bamboo are renewable anisotropic materials with a long application history
in human society. Engineered wood or bamboo aiming to mitigate the variability of the …

Plantation softwood is the future timber material resource for building and construction.
However, significant volumes of sawn softwood are considered out-of-grade and sold at a …

Shear stresses in planes perpendicular to the grain, so-called rolling shear stresses, need to
be considered in the ultimate and serviceability limit state design of many timber structural …

Using bamboo and timber to manufacture cross-laminated timber-bamboo (CLTB)
composites could utilize the advantages of two material to improve the mechanical …

During the global industrialization process of manufacturing cross-laminated timber (CLT),
attempts have been made to use local wood species. For areas rich in bamboo resources …

Bamboo is one of the most important renewable resources in China, leading to the
development of bamboo products as well. Alternative applications of bamboo need to be …

In this study, four wood-based materials (plywood, laminated veneer board (LVB), oriented
strand board (OSB), and particle board (PB)) were proposed as layered materials for CLT to …

Bamboo-wood composites are effective for utilizing the mechanical properties of bamboo
and fast-growing wood resources. Investigation the application of flattened bamboo in …

Recently, to enlarge the source of raw materials and improve the mechanical properties of
cross-laminated timber (CLT), some local wood species, hardwood and Engineering wood …

In this study, the bending performance of a separable cross-laminated timber (CLT)–
concrete composite slab for reducing environmental impact was investigated. The slab has …