Modern Bamboo Structures: Proceedings Of The First International Conference

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Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees, thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. Despite the fact that human society has a long history of using bamboo, there is still a lack of modern and industrialized application of bamboo materials in construction. Promoting the application of bamboo in construction could provide a potential solution to the sustainable, green and environment-friendly development of construction industry. Modern Bamboo Structures is the first of its kind covering the applications of bamboo materials in modern structures. These proceedings of the First International Conference on Modern Bamboo Structures (ICBS-2007, Changsha, China, 28-30 October 2007) include the state-of-the-art on materials, design, analysis, testing, manufacturing, construction of modern bamboo structures. Modern Bamboo Structures will be essential for researchers, engineers and administrators involved in structural engineering, civil engineering, agriculture engineering, forestry, environmental engineering and urban development.

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MODERN BAMBOO STRUCTURES PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN BAMBOO STRUCTURES (ICBS-2007), CHANGSHA, CHINA, 28–30 OCTOBER 2007 Modern Bamboo Structures Editors Yan Xiao Institute of Modern Bamboo, Timber and Composite Structures (IBTCS), Hunan University, Changsha, China University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA Masafumi Inoue Department of Architectural Engineering, Oita University, Oita, Japan Shyam K. Paudel International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China CRC Press/Balkema is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK Typeset by Vikatan Publishing Solutions (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cromwell Press Ltd, Towbridge, Wiltshire. All rights reserved. No part of this publication or the information contained herein may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written prior permission from the publisher. Although all care is taken to ensure integrity and the quality of this publication and the information herein, no responsibility is assumed by the publishers nor the author for any damage to the property or persons as a result of operation or use of this publication and/or the information contained herein. Published by: CRC Press/Balkema P.O. Box 447, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] www.crcpress.com – www.taylorandfrancis.co.uk – www.balkema.nl ISBN: 978-0-415-47597-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-88892-6 (ebook) Modern Bamboo Structures – Xiao et al. (eds) © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-47597-6 Contents Preface ix Photo of ICBS-2007 participants xi Theme papers Opening speech B.S. Rong 3 Bamboo: Low cost and energy saving construction materials K. Ghavami 5 Bamboo in construction D.L. Jayanetti & P.R. Follett 23 Engineered bamboo as a building material S.K. Paudel 33 Development of a new type Glulam—GluBam Y. Xiao, B. Shan, G. Chen, Q. Zhou & L.Y. She 41 Regional reports Development of bamboo structure in India J. Vengala, H.N. Jagadeesh & C.N. Pandey 51 Conceptual development of bamboo concrete composite structure in a typical Tribal Belt, India P. Sudhakar, S. Gupta, S. Bhalla, C. Kordke & S. Satya Bamboo design workshop expressions with bamboo material H. Nakamura & B.