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Length and orientation direction effect on static bending properties of laminated Moso bamboo

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Considering the influencing factors length and bending direction, 124 small size specimens and 12 beam specimens of laminated Moso bamboo were manufactured and tested under static loading. Detailed discussions on how the length influences the bending performance of laminated Moso bamboo are presented in this paper. The bending directions have an influence on the strength but not very significant as a whole. No matter how long and which bending direction, each specimen showed a similar tensile failure process with increasing loading. Comparison of the two orientations of the small specimens indicates that the strength and modulus of elasticity values for tangential bending direction had increased over the values for radial bending direction. The length has an influence on the static bending properties of laminated Moso bamboo but not very clear. In addition, the formulas for calculating the ultimate bending moment and ultimate bending deflection were discussed under nonlinear conditions.

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The material presented in this paper is based upon work supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiang-su Province (Nos. BK20181402 and BK20130978), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51878354), National Key R&D Program of China, the Open Fund Project from Key Laboratory of Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete Structure of Ministry of Education (Southeast university), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M580382), Jiangsu Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project (1501037A), and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the writer(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations. The writers gratefully acknowledge Nian-qiang ZHOU, Miao Shao, Jinxiu Sun, Zhen CAO, Zhongjin HAN, Weilai Zhou, Yunfei Fu, Yulin Li and others from the Nanjing Forestry University for helping with the tests. We declare that we do not have any commercial or associative interest that represents a conflict of interest in connection with the work submitted.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete Structure of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Haitao Li & Gang Wu

  2. Collage of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Haitao Li

  3. International Research Center for Bio-composite Building Materials and Structures, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Haitao Li, Zhenhua Xiong, Ileana Corbi, Ottavia Corbi, Xiaohong Xiong, Huizhong Zhang & Zhenyu Qiu

  4. Ganzhou Sentai Bamboo Company LTD, Ganzhou, 341001, China

    Zhenhua Xiong

  5. University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80133, Naples, Italy

    Ileana Corbi & Ottavia Corbi

  6. Jiangxi Precious Bamboo Company LTD, Ganzhou, 341001, China

    Xiaohong Xiong

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Li, H., Wu, G., Xiong, Z. et al. Length and orientation direction effect on static bending properties of laminated Moso bamboo. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 77, 547–557 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-019-01419-6

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