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Bamboo is an environmental friendly natural composite material reinforced by unidirectional fibers. Bamboo has been used as structural materials in Asia for centuries. In this study, the fracture toughness KIC, of Moso bamboo was investigated by using ASTM E399 test method and the arc-shape bend specimens. The effect of moisture on the fracture toughness KIC was investigated. It can be seen the fracture toughness decreases about 39% if the material under test was water-saturated.
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Liou, NS., Lu, MC. (2011). Determination of Fracturing Toughness of Bamboo Culms. In: Proulx, T. (eds) Time Dependent Constitutive Behavior and Fracture/Failure Processes, Volume 3. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9794-4_49
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