Bamboo heat treatments and their effects on bamboo properties

ZZ Li, Y Luan, JB Hu, CH Fang, LT Liu, YF Ma… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Bamboo has been widely used in construction, furniture and other fields because of its fast
growth, renewability and great mechanical performances. However, due to the hydrophilicity …

Engineered bamboo and bamboo-reinforced concrete elements as sustainable building materials: A review

A Bala, S Gupta - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Laminated bamboo and bamboo scrimber are value-added engineered forms of bamboo
produced in standard shape and size, with better physical and mechanical characteristics …

Fabrication of crack-free flattened bamboo and its macro-/micromorphological and mechanical properties

Z Lou, T Yuan, Q Wang, X Wu, S Hu… - Journal of …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
This work aimed to help the bamboo industry develop methodology for producing
imperfection-free bamboo boards that can serve either decorative or structural benefit to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of processing methods on the mechanical properties of engineered bamboo

B Sharma, A Gatóo, MH Ramage - Construction and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Engineered bamboo is increasingly explored as a material with significant potential for
structural applications. The material is comprised of raw bamboo processed into a laminated …

Engineered bamboo scrimber: Influence of density on the mechanical and water absorption properties

A Kumar, T Vlach, L Laiblova, M Hrouda… - … and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Engineered bamboo scrimber has processed from the raw bamboo culm into a compressed
or laminated product with thermosetting resin in the density range of 800–1200 kg/m 3. The …

Surface chemical composition analysis of heat-treated bamboo

F Meng, Y Yu, Y Zhang, W Yu, J Gao - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of heat treatment on the chemical composition of bamboo slivers was
studied. The chemical properties of the samples were examined by chemical analysis …

Fabrication, material properties, and application of bamboo scrimber

Y Yu, R Zhu, B Wu, Y Hu, W Yu - Wood Science and Technology, 2015 - Springer
In this study, mechanical fluffing, thermal treatment, and phenol formaldehyde (PF)
impregnation, as well as cold-in and cold-out hot-pressing processes, were used to fabricate …

A comprehensive overview of bamboo scrimber and its new development in China

J Chen, M Guagliano, M Shi, X Jiang… - European Journal of Wood …, 2021 - Springer
Bamboo scrimber, a bio-material which is made of bamboo, has been considered as a
substitute material in place of wood in China under the situation of increasing contradiction …

Temperature influence on the bending performance of laminated bamboo lumber

H Li, W Xu, C Chen, L Yao, R Lorenzo - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
In order to study the effect of temperatures on the bending performance of laminated
bamboo lumber (LBL), 11 temperature conditions were set to test the bending performance …

Effects of thermal modification on the surface and chemical properties of moso bamboo

CH Lee, TH Yang, YW Cheng, CJ Lee - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Fast growth and high mechanical properties are the key commercial value of bamboo used
in various applications. However, the high contents of starch and sugar in the bamboo may …