Download or read book Modern Bamboo Structures written by Yan Xiao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees, thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. Despite the fact that human society has a long history of using bamboo, there is still a lack of modern and industrialized application of bamboo materials in construction. Promoting the application