Bamboo and Sustainable Construction

Bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable and versatile building materials, driving the development of multiple techniques for its study and utilization. With new techniques to better analyze, comprehend, and exploit its uses, the plant can be used in numerous applications. From direct building material to composites, this book explores the latest developments in the application of bamboo in the sustainable construction industry.

Includes case studies highlighting new applications/developments of bamboo as a sustainable building material Discusses the potential and current perspectives of the use of bamboo in construction and as an applicable material Highlights latest applications of bamboo in construction, aiming at its sustainable benefits

Autorentext

Dr. Felipe Luis Palombini is Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) in Santa Maria (Brazil) and Postdoctoral Researcher in the Graduate Program of Design (PGDesign) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in Porto Alegre (Brazil). He received his M.Sc. and his Ph.D. in the Graduate Program in Design (PGDesign/UFRGS) and was Postdoctoral Researcher at the Graduate Program of Botany (PPGBot/UFRGS). His research interests are focused on bionics, sustainability, design, and materials selection and characterization via finite element analysis and X-ray microtomography. He is also associated with the Design and Computer Simulation Research Group (DSC/UFRGS) and the Plant Anatomy Laboratory (LAVeg/UFRGS).

Dr. Fernanda Mayara Nogueira is Researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Plants from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters at Ribeirao Preto (FFCLRP)-University of Sao Paulo (USP). She received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in the Graduate Program of Botany (PPGBot) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She has experience in the area of plant anatomy and plant morphology with an emphasis on reproductive morphology. Her research interests are in the areas of floral development, reproductive morphology, bioimaging, 3D technologies, and X-ray microtomography.

Inhalt

Advancing the Use of Bamboo as a Building Material in Low-Income Housing Projects in Kenya.- Lightly Modifying Thick-Walled Timber Bamboo: An Overview.- Bamboo: a sustainable building material.- Bamboo Structural Systems.- Projective experiments and local productive chains of constructive systems with bamboo culms.- Bamboo Construction: Main Building Techniques and Their Resources, Sustainability, History, Uses and Classification.- Performance assessment methods and effects of bamboo-based envelopes in buildings under hot and humid conditions.- A Critical Review on Finite Element Models Towards Physio-Mechanical Properties of Bamboo.- Fibre/ Filler Reinforced Composite Materials.- New Bamboo-based Materials.- Bamboo flattening technique.- Review of FEM Simulations to Elucidate Fracture Mechanisms in Bamboo.- A Century-Old Tradition & Sustainable Technique to Protect Natural Bamboo through Smoke Treatment - Advantages & Limitations.