A novel ecological, highly-utilizable manufacturing technology for standard bamboo units and its deformation laws

Abstract

Equal-arc shaped bamboo split (EASB) is an ecological material, and the material utilization rate is as high as 85%. With EASB as the basic unit, various arc-shaped products can be manufactured widely. EASB cleverly uses the indispensable drying process in the bamboo industry to manufacture. The bamboo splits deformation mainly undergoes two processes: uniform heating to complete softening and rapid deformation. After the arc is fixed, a wider arc-shaped bamboo split is obtained, with a width up to 100 mm. The sclerenchyma fibers showed displacement along the tensile stress direction, and the distance between vascular bundles was slightly reduced. The parenchyma’s cell wall-to-lumen area ratio was reduced by 19.4%, and cracks and plastic deformation appeared in the cell wall slippage, but there is no evident densification in the bamboo split. EASB overcomes the challenge of use in standard arcs due to its different shapes, while retaining the natural texture and gradient structure of bamboo. Analyzing the deformation in the EASB manufacturing process is beneficial to understanding the EASB deformation law. Moreover, it provides a basis for the later EASB manufacturing process with different radians and biomass biomimetic materials.