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4 - Bamboo-Inspired Materials and Structures

from Part I - Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2020

By
Ting Tan  and
Wole Soboyejo
Edited by
Wole Soboyejo  and
Leo Daniel
Wole Soboyejo
Affiliation:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts
Leo Daniel
Affiliation:
Kwara State University, Nigeria
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Summary

Bamboo is a group of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae [1]. One estimation classified bamboo into 75 genera and approximately 1,500 species [1]. The ordinary species of giant bamboo includes Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens (Moso), Bambusa stenostachya (Tre Gai), Guadua angustifolia (Guadua), and Dendrocalamus giganteus (Dendrocalamus). Moso is the most widely distributed bamboo for utilization [2]. This species is native to China, and was introduced to Japan in about 1736 and to Europe before 1880 [2]. The word, moso (in Japanese) or mao zhu (in Chinese), means hairy culm sheaths and this bamboo is named for the pubescent down at the bottom of its new culms.

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Bioinspired Structures and Design , pp. 89 - 110
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