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Bamboo Strips with Nodes: Composites Viewpoint

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A Chinese poet once wrote, “Man can live without meat, but he will die without bamboo” because of its multifunctional and ecofriendly in nature. It has recently entered the textile and composite sector with some attractive labels such as ‘green’. The current commercial manufacturing methods of bamboo fibres and its reinforced composites are mainly based on removal of nodes portion of bamboo culm. This method generates a high amount of solid waste materials and hence the term ‘green’ becomes questionable. This chapter investigates the effects of culm nodes on strip properties from composite perspectives in order to seek their suitability for prospective fiber reinforced composites applications. In this work, strips of bamboo were collected and their mechanical properties; for instance, tensile strength, compression, flexural, impact and thermal properties were analyzed and compared. It was found that tensile, compression, flexural and impact properties as well as thermal properties of bamboo strips were comparable to that of wood material and far better than many other bio fibers due to their rigidity and durability.

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  1. Department of Textile Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Mohammad Irfan Iqbal

  2. Department of Textile Engineering, BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mohammad Irfan Iqbal, Rashed Al Mizan & Ayub Nabi Khan

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  1. Chemistry Department Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Anish Khan

  2. Natural Composites Research Group Lab, Academic Enhancement Department, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

    Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa

  3. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai—German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

    Suchart Siengchin

  4. Chemistry Department Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Iqbal, M.I., Mizan, R.A., Khan, A.N. (2020). Bamboo Strips with Nodes: Composites Viewpoint. In: Khan, A., Mavinkere Rangappa, S., Siengchin, S., Asiri, A. (eds) Biofibers and Biopolymers for Biocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40301-0_7

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