Bamboo
• Bamboo is a very fast growing, renewable and easy-to-grow resource.
• It is a type of grass with over 1000 species which grows in tropical and temperate environments.
• Bamboo is versatile and has notable economic and cultural significance.
• It is used for building materials, as a food source, as a raw product, and depicted often in arts, such as in bamboo paintings and bambooworking.
• It is a type of grass with over 1000 species which grows in tropical and temperate environments.
• Bamboo is versatile and has notable economic and cultural significance.
• It is used for building materials, as a food source, as a raw product, and depicted often in arts, such as in bamboo paintings and bambooworking.
Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio.
Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber.
Bamboo used for construction purposes must be harvested when the culms reach their greatest strength and when sugar levels in the sap are at their lowest, as high sugar content increases the ease and rate of pest infestation.
Because bamboo can grow on otherwise marginal land, bamboo can be profitably cultivated in many degraded lands.
Bamboo is hardy, it does not need pesticides or herbicides. Fast natural replenishment and has a typical maturity period of 4-5 years.
It inhibits soil erosion due to its extensive root system and is better than hardwood trees because it uses less water, it absorbs more CO2 and it produces 35% more oxygen that an equivalent stand of trees. Bamboo is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration crop, absorbing between 100 and 400 tonnes of carbon per hectare.
It inhibits soil erosion due to its extensive root system and is better than hardwood trees because it uses less water, it absorbs more CO2 and it produces 35% more oxygen that an equivalent stand of trees. Bamboo is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration crop, absorbing between 100 and 400 tonnes of carbon per hectare.
Bamboo as a building material has high compressive strength and low weight. It has been one of the most used building material as support for concrete, especially in those locations where it is found in abundance.
Bamboo as a building material is used for the construction of scaffolding, bridges and structures, houses and flooring. It is often used for scaffolding because it proves to be an eco-friendly and cost-effective resource.
Bamboo out performs steel in tensile strength and is also flexible.
Bamboo as a building material is used for the construction of scaffolding, bridges and structures, houses and flooring. It is often used for scaffolding because it proves to be an eco-friendly and cost-effective resource.
Bamboo out performs steel in tensile strength and is also flexible.
Bamboo fibre is used mainly in the textile industry for making t-shirts, towels, and bathrobes. Due to its antibacterial nature, it is also used for making bandages, masks, nurse wears, and sanitary napkins.
It is made by crushing the woody parts of the bamboo plant and then using natural enzymes to break the bamboo walls into a mushy mass so that the natural fibers can be mechanically combed out and spun into yarn.
It is anti bacterial, sweat absorbent, insulating, UV protecting and hypoallergenic
Made from the culms or refuse of mature bamboo plants and burned in ovens at temperatures ranging from 600 to 1200 °C using pyrolysis. It is an especially porous charcoal, making it useful in the manufacture of activated carbon.
According to the types of raw material, bamboo charcoal can be classified as raw bamboo charcoal or bamboo briquette charcoal.
Bamboo briquette charcoal is made by carbonizing bamboo residue, such as bamboo dust or saw powder, and compressing it into sticks or lumps.
It can be used as cooking fuel producing less air pollution than other charcoal. Like all charcoal, bamboo charcoal purifies water by reducing organic impurities, odorants, and chlorine. It is also used in air purification and soil enrichment.
Bamboo reinforced concrete construction follows same design, mix proportions and construction techniques as used for steel reinforced. Bamboo is found in abundant, they are resilient and hence these can face the demand as a reinforcing material and become an ideal replacement for steel. The tensile strength property which is the main requirement of a reinforcing material is seen appreciable for bamboo, compared with other materials including steel. Bamboo reinforcement is found more durable than steel if it has undergone proper treatments. The flexural strength of the beam having bamboo reinforcement shows greater strength which helps to improve the usage of bamboo.
Precast bamboo concrete wall panels are structural elements made with bamboo subjected to in-plane action having negligible thickness compared to their length and breadth. Conventionally, in order to have sufficient strength to take in-plane loads, panels are reinforced with mild steel, steel fibers or steel fabric mesh. In past, bamboo weaved wall with or without clay plaster was very common in rural India. Nowadays, bamboo proves to provide good reinforced concrete wall panels which carries loads as high as 850KN, which indicate that bamboo can effectively replace steel reinforced wall panels leading to sustainability.
Bamboo Polyhouse is a type of specialized structure with bamboo & biofilm that utilizes the controlled climate condition for the growth of different plants and other farming needs. Polyhouse with bamboo based infrastructure is not only less expensive but also more environment friendly and climate neutral. The design of bamboo polyhouse is usually similar to that of a conventional polyhouse made of aluminium or other metals. As Bamboos are bad conductors of heat, they don’t heat up easily in the summers. As a result the temperature inside the polyhouse does not increase proportionately, thus making these type of polyhouses cooler than steel based polyhouses. This also reduces the operating costs of the maintaining the temperature inside the greenhouse.