Recent Advancement in Physico-Mechanical and Thermal Studies of Bamboo and Its Fibers

Abstract

Bamboo has its own role in the development of society. It is widely used as a support tools for sustainable farming and being exceptional resource for variety of income and employment-generating systems. This overlooked biomass provides food, raw material, shelter, medicine for large part of world's population. Bamboo has given a great support to mankind by providing building materials that are extensively used for household products. It has found a good place for industrial applications due to advances in processing technology and increased market demand. Numerous fundamental studies were carried out to highlight their fundamental characteristics prior to industrial exploitation or high end bamboo-based biomaterials. The mechanical and physical properties of bamboo have noteworthy effects on their durability and strength. Thermogravimetry is one of the key sensitive technique that characterizes the mechanical responses of materials by monitoring property changes with respect to the temperature. Comprehensive review and study on thermal analysis are useful for quantitative determination of the degradation behaviour and the composition of the material. The magnitude and location of the derivative thermogravimetric curve also provides information of the interaction between the material components at various temperature scales. Therefore, these studies can be focused to evaluate the basic fundamental problems faced and thus, a well-designed research and development towards sustainability can be achieved.

Tensile, Flexural and Water Absorption Properties of Bamboo Fiber/Unsaturated Polyester Composites: Effect of Calcium Carbonate Content

“…Bamboo can be harvested in 3-5 years [1]. The advantages of bamboo fiber are low cost, high availability, and the specific strength is comparable with glass fiber [2][3][4][5]. However, one of the disadvantages of natural fiber composites is the high variability in strength and highwater absorption [6].…”

Temperature effect on the physical and mechanical properties of parallel strand bamboo

“…Bamboo material is mainly composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, and aqueous extracts. Research on the thermal decomposition of the chemical components of bamboo demonstrated that at high temperatures, the decomposition of hemicelluloses begins first, followed by cellulose, and finally lignin 23,24 . Liu et al have investigated the combustion characteristics of bamboo materials and found that in the temperature range of 200°C to 300°C, the degradation is related to the decomposition of hemicelluloses and cellulose 12 .…”

Fire-safe bamboo structures – a methodology to facilitate performance-based design

“…A comprehensive thermo-chemical characterisation should be conducted to understand the degradation of the different compounds of bamboo, since the fibre bundles and the parenchyma tissue have different effects on the load-bearing capacity of bamboo. Whereas the fibres are mainly responsible for the tensile strength, the parenchyma plays a fundamental role in supporting the fibre bundles under compression, besides giving the strength of bamboo under shear stress parallel to the fibres (Rizal et al 2018).…”