Mechanical Properties of Bamboo

By Jules J.A. Janssen

Book Overview

In this book I have collected many reports on the properties of bamboo. Since I started bamboo research in 1974, I have collected many publications on bamboo. However, in contacts with other researchers I became aware of the fact that several of these publications were unknown to them. Consequently their activities in research or in bamboo projects had to start at a lower level than if they had known some of these publications. Therefore, I discussed the need for a book like this with several colleagues, and I decided to start writing. In this book I present data on properties, as published by resear- chers. Certainly it is not complete; e.g. the proceedings of the bamboo workshop in Cochin in November 1988 are not included; they arrived just too late to be taken into account. On the other hand, in writing this preface I realize I have forgotten my own thesis. I do apologize to any colleague whose relevant report is not taken into account as well. I like to express my feelings of respect to the board of my faculty: they allowed me to spend so much time on this book, and they gave a considerable financial support for the printing costs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792312600
• ISBN13: 9780792312604
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"