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Location:LT1 Lecture Theatre 1,
G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Topic: Bamboo Power for Structural Design
Session Abstract
Bamboo is a reinforced tube with a tensile strength higher than steel. It is light, load bearing and flexible at the same time. The only reason why it is not widely used is a scarcity of reproducible engineering data and research information. Although the problem lies in human ignorance, it is attributed to material weakness. If bamboo is correctly harvested, the age and species chosen correctly, structural bamboo can last for 50 years and more. The often-cited weakness of connections can be overcome with the right design. Besides its extraordinary functionality bamboo is a pleasure to look at and absorbs carbon during its production (growth) resulting in negative carbon footprint buildings.
