Flat Ring Flexure Test for Full-Culm Bamboo
J. Virgo, R. Moran, K. Harries, J.J. Garcia, S. Platt
Abstract. The development of a new simple test method suitable for assessing the tension strength perpendicular to the fibres (Mode I) of a bamboo culm – the flat ring flexure test – is presented. The proposed test places a short section of bamboo culm in through-cross section flexure, causing circumferential stresses at failure. The modulus of rupture at the failed section is a measure of the transverse tensile strength of the culm. The test is compression-based (indeed, in the field it can be run using free weights rather than a test machine) and uses a simple apparatus and specimen. The full culm specimen is symmetric and requires very little preparation. The study first investigated test parameters affecting results, thereby arriving at an appropriate and repeatable standard test method. The resulting test method is documented in a format consistent with ISO 22157 [1].
Keywords
Bamboo, Tension Perpendicular to Fibre, Test Method
Published online , 10 pages
Copyright © 2018 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: J. Virgo, R. Moran, K. Harries, J.J. Garcia, S. Platt, ‘Flat Ring Flexure Test for Full-Culm Bamboo’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 7, pp 349-358, 2018
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291838-32
The article was published as article 32 of the book Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies
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