Bamboo as a Sustainable Building Material—Culm Characteristics and Properties

Bamboo culm is a renewable and lightweight material with high strength, particularly tensile strength. It well accepted that bamboo culms have played significant role in architecture because of their sustainable contribution. The characteristics properties three-year-old from five species (Dendrocalamus asper, Dendrocalamus sericeus, membranaceus, Thyrsostachys oliveri, Phyllostachys makinoi) were investigated. results show each has different along length. Culm size, the outer diameter wall thickness, affects ultimate load. These confirm bigger thicker could receive more D. asper received highest load, while T. oliveri lowest However, when calculating test for stress (load per cross-section area), P. Makinoi showed excellent mechanical properties, worst properties. This research promotes bamboo’s appropriate use building applications as architecture.