Properties and Utilisation of Tropical Bamboo (Gigantochloa Scortechinii), for Structural Plywood

• Main Author: Uyup, Mohd Khairul Anwar
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Bamboo - Case studies; Plywood - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10144/1/FH_2003_11.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10144/

The objectives of these study were to determine the physical and mechanical properties of 4-year-old Gigantochloa scortechinii culms and to evaluate the properties of plywood manufactured from the bamboo culms. Bamboo culms were split using hand splitter to produce splits. Strips were prepared by...