Building up bamboo | MIT News
The researchers then used the stiffness and density data to create a
model that accurately predicts the mechanical properties of bamboo as a
function of position in the stalk. Gibson says wood processors that she
works with in Canada may use the model as a guide to assemble durable
bamboo blocks of various shapes and sizes.
Going forward, the processors, in turn, will send the MIT team
composite samples of bamboo to characterize. For example, a product may
be processed to contain bamboo along with other materials to reduce the
density of the product and make it resistant to insects. Such composite
materials, Gibson says, will have to be understood at the microscale.
“We want to look at the original mechanical properties of the bamboo
culm, as well as how processing affects the product,” Gibson says.
“Maybe there’s a way to minimize any effects, and use bamboo in a more
versatile way.”
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