Abstract
The process of bamboo-oriented strand lumber (BOSL) represents one of the best opportunities for automation, property control and consistency, and high utilization of material from abundant, fast-growing, and sustainable bamboo. In this study, BOSLs were prepared, with reference to the preparation process of bamboo scrimber, by compressing and densifying constituent units under the action of moisture-heat-force and resin polymerization, and then the effects of density variation on their physical and mechanical properties were investigated. The results revealed that the modulus of rupture, modulus of elasticity, compressive strength and shear strength of BOSL with density of 0.78–1.3 g/cm3 ranged from 124.42 to 163.2 MPa, 15,455 to 21,849 MPa, 65.02 to 111.63 MPa, and 9.88 to 18.35 MPa, respectively. The preparation of BOSL with bamboo as raw material could retain the good mechanical properties of natural bamboo, and produce bamboo-based structural products with different properties by controlling the density. The high strength of BOSL with high density was primarily due to the increased volume fraction of elementary fibers, the reduced porosity, and the enhanced gluing interface. The performance of BOSL can be comparable to, or surpass that of, wood or bamboo products. This study provided necessary basic research for the engineering design and application of BOSL.
Highlights
With the contradiction between forest protection and lumber demand becoming increasingly prominent, structural timbers imported from foreign markets have been mainly used to meet China’s wood demand
The maximum free water content of bamboo-oriented strand lumber (BOSL) decreased with decreases in the porosity, and thickness swelling (TS) of BOSL had obviously fallen off
The current research investigated the influence of board density on the physical and mechanical properties of BOSL
Summary
With the contradiction between forest protection and lumber demand becoming increasingly prominent, structural timbers imported from foreign markets have been mainly used to meet China’s wood demand. Due to the hollow structure and small section size of bamboo, studies varied from the use of full culm bamboo to bamboo-based structural products. The effective utilization of bamboo as raw material for structural products has been substantially studied, for instance, bamboo scrimber [4,5], laminated bamboo lumber (LBL) [6], bamboo plywood [7,8], and bamboo-oriented strand board [9,10]. The results showed that these bamboo products had excellent performance, and could be used as light structural members, such as sheathing, studs, columns and beams, and members of heavy load structures and weather durable materials
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