The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because it significantly overlaps with a number of theses, including [2,3,4]. All authors agree to this retraction. The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as electronic supplementary material.

[1] Elizabeth, S., Datta, A.K. On the seismic performance of bamboo structure. Bull Earthquake Eng (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-013-9561-1.

[2] Ishan Jyoti Sharma, SEISMIC POUNDING EFFECTS IN BUILDINGS, 2008 thesis submitted to the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

[3] Derek Randal Mitch STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF GROUTED-BAR BAMBOO COLUMN BASES, 2009 thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.

[4] Kent A. Harries, Bhavna Sharma, Michael Richard, Structural Use of Full Culm Bamboo: The Patch to Standardization, International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2012, pp. 66–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2012.008.