Material Characterisation and Performance of Bamboo

This volume provides a review of the state-of-the-art and state-of-practice for characterisation of bamboo materials, prepared by the RILEM Technical Committee 322-MCB. The focus is on full-culm (i.e., round pole) bamboo while recognising the use of full-culm bamboo as feedstock for engineered bamboo products. It provides a detailed commentary of existing and proposed materials test methods, inclu...