In the trend of modern green architecture, bamboo material is the perfect selection for all projects.
Bamboo is often praised for being one of the most durable production materials of current days. It is an amazing plant with tall stalks and leaves which can be found all over the world. This durability and speed of growth contribute to making bamboo a very popular and sustainable building material.
Durability is an actual challenge concerning all construction materials. Bamboo reaches the wonderful durability thanks to its hollow tube, tubular structure, evolves over millennia to against the wind in natural habitat. Consists of 50% parenchyma, 40% fiber, and 10% conducting tissue which indicates that as a construction material, bamboo has a very strong fiber.
The mechanical property of bamboo is twice or three time as high as the conventional wood.
Especially, bamboo has the wonderful tensile, even stronger than steel. So that, it’s easy to shaped for the works, be also the remarkable feature that bamboo house can against tornado and shocks. It withstands compression better than concrete. Ratio of tensile resistance to specific weight is 6 times greater than that of steel. Therefore, this “Green Steel” material is the trend to create the unique and sustainable architectures.
To give you an idea of the true strength of bamboo materials, let’s compare it to common building materials.
The compressive strength of bamboo is at least twice of concrete.
Tensile strength of bamboo (28KN/sq.in) is close to steel (23KN/sq.in).
Shear stress of bamboo fibre is higher than wood, even wider span than wood.
Curving bamboo is possible without breaking or damage.
The high elasticity of bamboo makes it useful as a building material in areas of high risk of earthquakes.
Anisotropic property of bamboo, i.e., possesses cellulose fibre in the longitudinal direction making it strong and stiff while lignin in the transverse direction makes it soft and brittle.
The fire resistance of bamboo is good, can withstand a temperature of 400°.
Further, bamboo has a high elasticity and is, therefore, suitable as a building material for earthquake-prone regions in particular. Once installed, it can attain a life span of 50 to 80 years. Another important aspect in favor of bamboo is its sustainability. On account of its rapid growth the material can be ready for construction within five to seven years – in contrast, hardwoods require at least 35 years.
Bamboo is the resource grows everywhere The bamboo poles are widely used in architecture and construction, it is also processed in multiple ways to be used. ‘Strand Woven’ is one popular type of bamboo you’ll find in flooring. It is made of natural bamboo fibers, through high temperature carbonization and under high pressure hot pressing technology to achieve high durability and stability.
Fujian Golden Bamboo Industry Co., Ltd. (REBO brand) is a leading company that involved in producing and developing innovative strand woven bamboo material, with focus on outdoor bamboo decking, wall cladding and all kinds of the bamboo planks. If you are interested, welcome to contact REBO for more details.
