Also: bamboo, engineered bamboo, bamboo scrimber
Bamboo is a giant grass that grows to full size in a few years. Pressed and glued into engineered products it competes with timber and steel in some uses, and its fibres and charcoal are used in composites and water treatment.
Readiness: lab lab studies · prototype demonstrated objects · commercial products or buildings in real use · review summaries of other studies.
Reviewed engineered bamboo products for structural applications.
As reported in: Sharma, Gatóo, Bock et al. (2015). Engineered bamboo for structural applications. Construction and Building Materials. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.01.077
A literature review of the development of bamboo scrimber.
As reported in: Huang, Ji, Yu (2019). Development of bamboo scrimber: a literature review. Journal of Wood Science. doi:10.1186/s10086-019-1806-4
Studied flexural performance and fracture of densified bamboo decorated with TiO2 as a sustainable structural material.
Built / tested: densified bamboo beams
As reported in: Ba, Luo, Guan et al. (2023). Robust flexural performance and fracture behavior of TiO2 decorated densified bamboo as sustainable structural materials. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36939-6
Tested how environmental aging affects bamboo-glass fibre hybrid polymer composites.
Built / tested: hybrid composites
As reported in: Thwe, Liao (2002). Effects of environmental aging on the mechanical properties of bamboo–glass fiber reinforced polymer matrix hybrid composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. doi:10.1016/s1359-835x(01)00071-9
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Tested bamboo charcoal as a low-cost adsorbent for cadmium ions in water.
Built / tested: adsorbents
As reported in: Wang, Wang, Ma (2010). Adsorption of cadmium (II) ions from aqueous solution by a new low-cost adsorbent—Bamboo charcoal. Journal of Hazardous Materials. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.032
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