The potential for materials informatics in the development of non-conventional materials

Mechanical characterisation of bamboo for construction: the state-of-practice and future prospects

“…The lack of reliable and consistent data for bamboo makes univeralising IP selection and IP-to-GDP inference challenging. Machine learning [60] and material informatics [61] approaches have been proposed to accelerate this development.…”

“…A key objective will be to establish a reporting protocol and worldwide database of bamboo geometrical, physical and mechanical properties [11]. This data will be available broadly to allow researchers to experiment with emerging approaches to materials informatics [61]. A hypothesised outcome of establishing a data-rich environment is the development of a simple and easy-to-use classification methodology (or procedure) that will be largely independent of bamboo species, similar to timber classifications of softwood and hardwood.…”