Mechanical Characterization of Bamboo Pole for Building Engineering: A Review

Authors

  • Nur Amira Bahrin School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Khairul Kamarudin School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Innovative Hybrid Composite Structures Research Group, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40450, Malaysia
  • Hazrina Mansor School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Innovative Hybrid Composite Structures Research Group, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40450, Malaysia
  • Yazmin Sahol-Hamid School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Innovative Hybrid Composite Structures Research Group, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40450, Malaysia
  • Zakiah Ahmad School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Luis Felipe Lopez Base Bahay Foundation Inc., UPRC III Bldg., 2289 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati, Philippines

Keywords:

Bamboo mechanical properties, Physical properties, Dendrocalamus asper, Gigantochloa scortechinii, Systematic literature review

Abstract

Bamboo is a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to traditional construction materials. Despite the fact that three species are well known for structural applications, namely Dendrocalamus asper, Gigantochloa scortechinii, and Gigantochloa levis, the scientific data for their mechanical characterization is scarcely available and widely dispersed. In addition, a systematic literature review appraising the study advancement of mechanical characterization of bamboo had been unavailable. This paper bridges this gap by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) of the available literature of mechanical characterization of bamboo pole. A total of 54 relevant articles were retrieved from Scopus and snowballing and then put forward through bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. The results showed that the distribution of data for physical and mechanical characterization of aforementioned species was scattered due to the different location (origin), age, and initial moisture content recorded during empirical work among the researchers. This review's importance and distinctiveness lie in its synthesis of the existing literature on bamboo mechanical characterization. The findings provide a point of reference for both academia and industry by bridging the scarcity of current bamboo engineering data and outlining future possibilities for bamboo research in the building and construction domain.

 

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Published

2023-06-01 — Updated on 2023-07-31

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Scholarly Review