Building with Bamboo: A handbook - Softcover

Janssen, Jules

 
9781853392030: Building with Bamboo: A handbook
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1853392030 ISBN 13: 9781853392030
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

This revised handbook brings together the practical experiences of engineers in the field and of research programmes 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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About the Author

Dr. Jules Janssen is a well-known expert in the field of bamboo as a building and engineering material. He has been keynote speaker on several congresses, and has acted as a member of steering committees, chairman of several sessions, and refereed papers submitted for congresses. Further he has acted as member of committees for Ph.D. studies at several universities and was the supervisor of the National Bamboo Project in Costa Rica from 1987 until 1995.

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Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1853392030
ISBN 13 
9781853392030
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
72

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