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.