Mechanical Properties of Bamboo, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 Forestry Sciences Series, Vol. 37

In this book I have collected many reports on the properties of bamboo. Since I started bamboo research in 1974, I have collected many publications on bamboo. However, in contacts with other researchers I became aware of the fact that several of these publications were unknown to them. Consequently their activities in research or in bamboo projects had to start at a lower level than if they had known some of these publications. Therefore, I discussed the need for a book like this with several colleagues, and I decided to start writing. In this book I present data on properties, as published by resear­ chers. Certainly it is not complete; e.g. the proceedings of the bamboo workshop in Cochin in November 1988 are not included; they arrived just too late to be taken into account. On the other hand, in writing this preface I realize I have forgotten my own thesis. I do apologize to any colleague whose relevant report is not taken into account as well. I like to express my feelings of respect to the board of my faculty: they allowed me to spend so much time on this book, and they gave a considerable financial support for the printing costs.

1: Growth and anatomy.- 2: Thermal expansion.- 3: Moisture content and mass per volume.- 4: Chemistry.- 5: Elasticity.- 6: Bending.- 7: Compression.- 8: Shear.- 9: Tension.- 10: Torsion.- 11: Relations between properties.- List of symbols.- Author index.- Keyword index.- Keyword index (relations between properties).