STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF GLUED LAMINATED GUADUA BAMBOO AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

摘要

Currently, there is a global need to have sustainable materials in order to ensure resources for present and future generations. Besides timber, bamboo can be an interesting sustainable material since it has high strength to weight ratio, relative low cost and fast growing rate. This paper presents preliminary results of a research in progress on the study about the performance of Glued Laminated Guadua Bamboo (GLG) as a structural material. The present study was focused first on determine the best type of adhesive as well as its optimum amount. Based on the calibration adhesive program, an adhesive type and optimum adhesive spread rate are proposed. Once this stage of research was done, a detail mechanical and physical characterization was performed. Finally, a comparison of mechanical properties of GLG with Andean structural woods is presented in this paper