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This paper presents the experimental and analytical studies to investigate the effect of concentrated butt-joints on the flexural properties of laminated bamboo-timber flitch beam (BTFB, or bio-flitch beam). The experimental results reveal that the concentrated butt-joints significantly reduce the flexural strength of the BTFB. They also suggest that the failure mechanism of the BTFB with or without concentrated butt-joints are completely different but less evidence shows an obvious effect of the butt-joints on the modulus of elasticity in bending. In addition, laminated bamboo lumber with concentrated butt-joints is found to be unsuitable for structural applications. The analytical predictions are in close agreement with the experimental results that demonstrate the potentials of the proposed analytical model as a forensic investigation instrument to estimate the strength reduction of the structure, if the butt-jointed laminated bamboo was, unfortunately, used in construction.
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School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Department of Construction Technology and Engineering, Technological Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, China
Department of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London, UK
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Funding
Scottish Founding Council · Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province · Royal Academy of Engineering · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Lawrence Ho Research Fund · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Liuzhou Scientific Research and Technology Development Plan · British Council
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