The characteristics of bamboo induce
parameters for processing
Bamboo itself has a lot of advantages using it for building
houses, bridges... . It is a cheap, fast growing material with
excellent statistics according to the mechanical properties. The
connections are the difficult structures in bamboo constructions.
Here are a few reasons:
? Bamboo has got a round profile. Creating connections
with round profiles are leading to difficult geometric
structures at the knot.
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bending and impact fractures
? Bamboo fibres only grow in the longitudinal direction.
? Bamboo is hollow. There is no material to tighten the
bamboo in the middle of the cane.
? The face of the cane is very slippery and hard.
? Bamboo is not suitable for loads in cross direction,
because there are no cross fibres.
? Bamboo is a natural material, that varies in diametres,
lenght and quality according to the climate.
nail splitting the bamboo
This report tries to show, how these problems are solved in
several examples of different kind of connections.