Determining material suitability for Low-Rise housing in the Philippines: Physical and mechanical properties of the bamboo species Bambusa blumeana
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

The use of cellulosic materials in the construction of low-rise housing in tropical climates has great potential. Bambusa blumeana (B. blumeana, J.A. and J.H. Schultes), the most abundantly available bamboo species in the Philippines, is a promising alternative material for the construction of cost-efficient buildings. However, to comply with municipal rules and regulations for construction, a comprehensive understanding of the organic raw material is needed to permit its application as a load-bearing structural member. In this study, the physical and mechanical properties of B. blumeana bamboo from a typical growth region of the Philippines were tested according to ISO 22157-1 (2004) and ISO 22157-2 (2004). The characteristic strength values of B. blumeana were as follows: compressive and tensile strengths parallel to the grain of 20 and 95 MPa, respectively; shear strength of 5 MPa, bending strength of 34.6 MPa, and the mean and fifth percentile modulus of elasticity of 13100 and 8600 MPa, respectively. Based on these results, a recommendation for permissible stresses for structural design was made in line with ISO 22156 (2004).

Alternative construction materials

Bamboo

Physical and mechanical properties

Housing

Bambusa blumeana

Philippines

Författare

Corinna Salzer

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Holger Wallbaum

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Byggnadsteknologi

Marina Alipon

Forest Products Research and Development Institute

Luis Felipe Lopez

Base Bahay

BioResources

1930-2126 (ISSN) 19302126 (eISSN)

Vol. 13 1 346-369

Ämneskategorier

Annan materialteknik

Husbyggnad

Kompositmaterial och -teknik

DOI

10.15376/biores.13.1.346-369

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