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Tensile behaviour and fracture mechanism of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

  • Huanrong Liu , Zehui Jiang EMAIL logo , Benhua Fei , Chungyun Hse and Zhengjun Sun
Published/Copyright: May 21, 2014
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Abstract

The present work is aiming at the elucidation of the tensile behaviour and fracture performance of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens Mazei ex H. de Lebaie) by means of digital speckle correlation method (DSCM) and microscopic techniques. Results indicated that fibres play a major role in longitudinal tension and impeding crack radial propagation. Hybrid I-II failure mode was observed, i.e., crack opening (in tensile stress) and shear sliding (in shear stress). According to microscopic fracture characteristics, fibres extraction and stretching, filament formation in parenchyma with fibres bridging, interface debonding and the helix fracture of fibres happened in tension, which created more interfaces and dissipated more energy. The graded composite structure of bamboo provides intrinsic and extrinsic toughening mechanisms which contribute to improved toughness and physical properties.


Corresponding author: Zehui Jiang, Department of Biomaterials, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, No.8, Futong Eastern Street, Wangjing Area, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100102, China, Phone: 86-10-84789861, Fax: 86-10-64744798, e-mail:

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the support from 12th Five Years Key Technology R&D Program of China (2012BAD54G01) and (2012BAD23B01).

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Received: 2013-11-13
Accepted: 2014-4-15
Published Online: 2014-5-21
Published in Print: 2015-1-1

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