bamboo as a building material
CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT
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INTRODUCTION
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3
GENERAL USES
3-4
4
PROPERTIES
4-5
5
THE WORKING OF BAMBOO
5-7
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PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO
7-10
7
BAMBOO HOUSING
10-16
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ADVANTAGES
16
9
DISADVANTAGES
16
10
CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
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ABSTRACT
The diminishing wood resource and restrictions imposed on felling in natural forests, particularly in the tropics, have focused world attention on the need to identify a substitute building material that should be renewable, environment friendly and widely available. In view of its rapid growth, a ready adaptability to most climatic conditions and properties, superior to most juvenile fast growing wood, bamboo emerges as a very suitable alternative. This report deals with some of the main properties and the major uses of bamboo and its culms. It also recommends on the various preservation techniques to be adopted in order to enhance the durability.
1. INTRODUCTION
Bamboo has a long and well-established tradition as a building material through out the world’s tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is widely used for many forms of construction, in particular for housing in rural areas. Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource, characterized by high strength and low weight, and is easily worked using simple tools. It is widely recognized as one of the most important non-timber forest resources due to the high socio-economic benefits from bamboo based products. It is estimated that there are 1200 species growing in about 14.5 million hectares area. Most of them grow in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing woody plant. It grows approximately
S:NO
PAGE NO
1
ABSTRACT
2
2
INTRODUCTION
3
3
GENERAL USES
3-4
4
PROPERTIES
4-5
5
THE WORKING OF BAMBOO
5-7
6
PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO
7-10
7
BAMBOO HOUSING
10-16
8
ADVANTAGES
16
9
DISADVANTAGES
16
10
CONCLUSION
17
11
REFERENCES
18
ABSTRACT
The diminishing wood resource and restrictions imposed on felling in natural forests, particularly in the tropics, have focused world attention on the need to identify a substitute building material that should be renewable, environment friendly and widely available. In view of its rapid growth, a ready adaptability to most climatic conditions and properties, superior to most juvenile fast growing wood, bamboo emerges as a very suitable alternative. This report deals with some of the main properties and the major uses of bamboo and its culms. It also recommends on the various preservation techniques to be adopted in order to enhance the durability.
1. INTRODUCTION
Bamboo has a long and well-established tradition as a building material through out the world’s tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is widely used for many forms of construction, in particular for housing in rural areas. Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource, characterized by high strength and low weight, and is easily worked using simple tools. It is widely recognized as one of the most important non-timber forest resources due to the high socio-economic benefits from bamboo based products. It is estimated that there are 1200 species growing in about 14.5 million hectares area. Most of them grow in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing woody plant. It grows approximately