| Description |
vi, 65 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Harvesting and preservation -- Mechanical and economic considerations -- Housing in general -- Floors and foundations -- Walls, doors and windows -- Roofs, and ceilings -- Trusses -- Bridges -- Concrete reinforcement -- Woven bamboo -- Case study : Construction of bamboo houses in Costa Rica |
| Summary |
This revised handbook brings together the practical experiences of engineers in the field and of research programs testing bamboo. The author shows how bamboo can be harvested, seasoned and jointed to form walls, doors and windows, roofs, floors, ceilings, roof trusses and bridges, and how to weave bamboo |
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This revised handbook, brings together the practical experience of engineers working in the field, and research programmes testing the properties of bamboo. It provides information about the potentials and limits of bamboo as a building material |
| Analysis |
Construction Use of Timber |
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Construction Use of Timber |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1987 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (pages 63-65) |
| Subject |
Bamboo construction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Bamboo construction.
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Bamboo.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Intermediate Technology Publications.
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| LC no. |
00001036 |
| ISBN |
1853392030 (paperback) |
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