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    Fracture modes of bamboo fiber bundles in three-point bending

    This paper examined the fracture behavior of fiber bundles in moso bamboo by means of microscopic techniques. The fracture characteristics of fiber bundles in the tensile and compressive layer in response to t...

    Meiling Chen, Ling Ye, Ge Wang, Changhua Fang, Chun** Dai, Benhua Fei in Cellulose (2019)

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    The bending properties of bamboo strand board I-beams

    Novel bamboo I-beams fabricated from bamboo oriented strand boards as structural members were investigated. Bending tests were performed to determine the stiffness and strength properties of bamboo I-beams. Th...

    Yuhui Sun, Zehui Jiang, Huanrong Liu, Zhengjun Sun… in Journal of Wood Science (2019)

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    Hygroscopic swelling of moso bamboo cells

    Bamboo is a natural cellulosic material which is strongly reactive to water. Its hygroscopic behavior affects almost all other physical and mechanical properties of bamboo. This study investigated the hygrosco...

    Qi Chen, Changhua Fang, Ge Wang, **nxin Ma, Meiling Chen, Shuqin Zhang… in Cellulose (2020)

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    In-situ investigation of deformation behaviors of moso bamboo cells pertaining to flexural ductility

    Excellent flexural strength and ductility characteristics make bamboo an ideal natural material for many structural applications. This paper focuses on revealing the flexural ductility of moso bamboo (Phyllostach...

    Meiling Chen, Ling Ye, Ge Wang, **nxin Ma, Qi Chen, Changhua Fang, Benhua Fei… in Cellulose (2020)

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    Water vapor sorption behavior of bamboo pertaining to its hierarchical structure

    Bamboo is an anisotropic, hierarchical, and hygroscopic material. Moisture transport in bamboo is one of the most fundamental properties affecting almost all other physical and mechanical properties of the mat...

    Qi Chen, Changhua Fang, Ge Wang, **nxin Ma, Junji Luo, Meiling Chen… in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Effect of chemical composition of bamboo fibers on water sorption

    Despite the robust mechanical properties of bamboo, interaction with water can result in the instability of these properties. Hygroscopicity is closely related to the chemical content of bamboo. Here, we explo...

    **g Yuan, Qi Chen, Changhua Fang, Shuqin Zhang, **anmiao Liu, Benhua Fei in Cellulose (2021)

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    Quantitative characterization of bamboo cortex structure based on X-ray microtomography

    Bamboo is a natural fiber composite with layered structure. Millions of years of evolution have endowed bamboo with the most effective structure in nature. The ingenious microstructure provides bamboo with exc...

    **anke Wang, Lin Chen, Bin Huang, ** Yuan, Lili Shang, Shuqin Zhang… in Cellulose (2022)

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    Inherent characteristics of the hygroscopicity of fiber and parenchyma of bamboo

    To better understand the hygroscopic behavior of bamboo, at the cellular scale, the hygroscopicity of fibers and parenchyma cells was investigated using Dynamic vapor sorption, and the hygroscopic process was ...

    **g Yuan, Lin Chen, Qi Chen, Bin Huang, Changhua Fang, Cai** Lian… in Cellulose (2022)

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    Mechanical properties of aramid fiber reinforced polymer confined laminated bamboo lumber column under cyclic loading

    This paper explores the effect of using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) wrap on the hysteresis curve, skeleton curve, bearing capacity, stiffness and ductility of short laminated bamboo lumber (LBL) columns und...

    Haitao Li, Ben Chen, Benhua Fei, Hang Li… in European Journal of Wood and Wood Products (2022)

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    Gradient characteristics of crystal, chemical structure, and nanoscale mechanical properties in the transcrystallinity of bamboo fiber anchored nano-TiO2/PP composites

    Transcrystallinity (TC), a particular crystal structure located between natural fiber and matrix, provides a possibility to enhance the interfacial compatibility of natural fiber/thermoplastic polymer composit...

    Yu Luan, Changhua Fang, Hankun Wang, Yan Yu, Benhua Fei… in Wood Science and Technology (2022)

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    Formation of transcrystallinity and characterization of its nanoscale mechanical properties in bamboo fiber-anchored nano-TiO2/polypropylene composites

    Transcrystallinity (TC) develo** on the fiber surface of natural fiber/semicrystalline polymer composites shows great application potential in interfacial enhancement. The local mechanical properties of TC p...

    Yu Luan, Changhua Fang, Hankun Wang, Yan Yu, Benhua Fei… in Wood Science and Technology (2022)

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    Anisotropic tensile performance of bamboo parenchyma tissue and its influencing factors

    The anisotropic mechanical properties of bamboo significantly affected its processing and wide utilization. It was reasonable to speculate that bamboo anisotropic mechanical performance could be related to par...

    Qin Su, Aiyue Huang, **aohan Chen, Chun** Dai, Benhua Fei, Changhua Fang… in Cellulose (2023)

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    Observation of the fundamental properties of bamboo pith ring

    Bamboo pith ring (BPR) is regarded as a particular tissue affecting bamboo processing and is usually discarded, resulting in waste and low utilization of bamboo. To improve the utilization of bamboo and make f...

    Lin Chen, **anke Wang, Bin Huang, **g Yuan, **nxin Ma… in Wood Science and Technology (2024)

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    Differences in the hygroscopic behavior of bamboo fiber and parenchyma

    The interaction between bamboo and moisture leads to mechanical properties and dimensional changes, which is an important issue affecting the processing and utilization of bamboo. Fibers and parenchyma cells a...

    **g Yuan, Yafang Lei, Bingbing Mi, Meiling Chen, Qi Chen… in Wood Science and Technology (2024)