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    The document discusses international standards for bamboo as a construction material. It outlines existing standards from organizations like ISO that provide guidance on testing bamboo properties and structural design of full culm bamboo. National standards from countries like China, Colombia, Ecuador, and India are also described that provide testing methods and design codes for local bamboo species. The document concludes that standards need to be updated to reflect new research and engineered bamboo products, and that adopting timber-based testing standards could help promote wider bamboo construction use.

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    INTERNATIONAL

    STANDARDS FOR
    BAMBOO
    LACABA & NIDUAZA
    Bamboo Standards Around the World
    Standards Type
    Material Product

    Process
    Existing Structural Bamboo Standards and Codes
    International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

    ISO 22156: Bamboo – structural design (ISO, 2004a) provides basic design
    guidance for full culm construction. The standard is supported by ISO 22157-1
    Bamboo – determination of physical and mechanical properties – part 1:
    requirements (ISO, 2004b), which specifies test methods, and ISO 22157-2
    (ISO, 2004c), a laboratory manual for determining material properties. An
    emerging field is the study of laminated bamboo products for construction. ISO
    22156 (ISO, 2004a) addresses the structural application not just of full culm
    bamboo, but also ply bamboo, which is composed of woven bamboo mats
    glued together or layers of split bamboo strips laid across each other and glued
    together. The standard indicates that characterization of the material should be
    conducted based on national standards for plywood.
    ISO Standards 2001

    Compression parallel Bending

    Tension parallel

    Shear parallel
    China

    Research on bamboo construction continues to increase in China. Standards


    on full culm bamboo, such as JG/T 199: Testing method for physical and
    mechanical properties of bamboo used in building (PRC MoC, 2007), provide
    guidance for material and mechanical testing. The standard includes the
    physical and mechanical tests found in ISO 22156 (ISO, 2004a), but differs in
    the test methods and parameters. For example, JG/T 199 uses sections of the
    culm wall for all of the mechanical tests whereas the ISO standard uses the full
    culm for compression, shear and flexure tests. The Chinese standard also uses
    separate tests to obtain the modulus of elasticity in compression, tension and
    flexure. JG/T 199 provides a correction factor, which utilizes an empirical
    equation to account for moisture content in the specimen, to obtain strength
    and stiffness values.
    Colombia

    The Colombian code for seismic-resistant structures includes a chapter on structures


    built with the most common bamboo species in Colombia, Guadua (Guadua
    angustifolia Kunth) (ICONTEC, 2010). This chapter establishes the minimum
    requirements for structural and seismic-resistant design for Guadua. The chapter
    utilizes allowable stress design in which a modified allowable stress is determined
    from mechanical properties, obtained from experimental tests and modified by
    multiple factors to account for uncertainty in test conditions and test methods. Similar
    equations are found in the ISO design standard Additional Colombian standards are
    NTC 5407, on structural joints with Guadua angustifolia Kunth (ICONTEC, 2006), and
    NTC 5525, which concerns methods and tests to determine the physical and
    mechanical properties of Guadua angustifolia Kunth (ICONTEC, 2007).
    Structural Codes

    3d Structures

    Houses
    Full Scale Test

    Result
    Ecuador

    Chapter 17 of Norma Ecuatoriana de la Construccio´n on the utilisation of


    Guadua angustifolia Kunth in construction (INEN, 2011) addresses processing,
    selection, construction and maintenance. Similar to the Colombian norms on
    joints and preservation (ICONTEC, 2006, 2007), the chapter describes the
    process but does not include design calculations. Similarly, INEN 42 (INEN,
    1976) promotes useful aspects of bamboo as a construction material in
    Ecuador, but also does not include any design guidance.

    India

    Section 3B of the National Building Code of India (NBCI) (BIS, 2010) provides
    strength limits for three classes of bamboo, representing species commonly
    found in India. While some examples of bamboo joints and connections are
    provided, detailing with dimensions and capacities is not addressed. In addition
    to the NBCI, several Indian standards are centered on structural design. For
    example, IS 15912: Structural design using bamboo – code of practice (BIS,
    2012) provides the minimum requirements for structural design of bamboo
    buildings. Similarly, IS 6874: Method of tests for bamboo (BIS, 2008) can be
    utilized to determine the physical and mechanical properties of full culm
    bamboo.
    Peru

    The Peruvian code for bamboo was approved in 2012 (ICG, 2012). The code
    covers design and construction with bamboo for seismic-resistant structures.
    Various other codes and standards are also referenced, including the
    Colombian code and the ISO standards on bamboo construction. Modified
    versions of the structural design calculations from the Colombian code
    (although not as detailed as their original source) and construction design from
    the Ecuador code are included.

    USA

    ASTM D5456: Standard specification for evaluation of structural composite


    lumber products (ASTM, 2013) is the first to recognize laminated veneer
    bamboo as a structural product and provides guidance on manufacturing
    standards and test methods. The material is treated as an equivalent to
    structural composite lumber products such as laminated strand lumber,
    laminated veneer lumber, oriented strand lumber and parallel strand lumber
    ASTM D5456 structural composite lumber products:
    (a) laminated strand lumber; (b) laminated veneer lumber;
    (c) oriented strand lumber; (d) parallel strand lumber; (e) laminated
    veneer bamboo
    Future standardisation
    The international standards and codes for bamboo construction presents two
    pathways forward for further standardization of bamboo construction.

    1. The review demonstrates that many of the existing standards and codes
    reference the ISO standards, which have been shown to be insufficient for
    widespread use. The ISO standards provide a foundation from which to design
    with bamboo, but they need to be updated and expanded to reflect the growing
    research on test methods and material characterization, as well as the
    development of new structural bamboo products.

    2. The second pathway is to create standards and codes that are analogous to
    timber-based standards. The trend to utilize timber-based test methods for
    characterization and design is increasing in research and provides a simple
    pathway to engage architects and engineers in the use of bamboo for
    construction.
    Relevant European norms and ISO timber standards and
    their application to bamboo

    Recent research studies are shifting towards timber


    standards for testing and characterizing engineered
    bamboo products
    The development of an international standard for structural and
    engineered bamboo products would encourage manufacturers
    to create a high-quality, safe and efficient product and to
    reduce environmental impacts and social inequalities associated
    with processing.

    With & Without Standards

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