Resistance of bamboo scrimber against white-rot and brown-rot fungi |
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| Authors: | Anuj Kumar Pavla Ryparovà Bohumil Kasal Stergios Adamopoulos Petr Hajek |
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| Institution: | 1. Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Joensuu, Finland;2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republicanuj.kumar@luke.fi anuj.saroha@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6940-3850;4. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic;5. Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI, Braunschweig, Germany;6. Faculty of Technology, Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, V?xj?, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTBamboo scrimber is one of the most emerging structural materials for future building applications and it possesses properties comparable to other natural wood-based engineered materials such as glulam, laminated veneer lumber and cross-laminated timber. The goal of this work was to study the decay resistance of bamboo scrimber against white-rot (Trametes versicolor) and brown-rot fungi (Serpula lacrymans). Bamboo scrimber samples were incubated in petri dishes with the wood-decaying fungi and the weight loss after 12 weeks was measured. The surface morphology of fungal-degraded bamboo scrimber was evaluated using optical microscopy. Based on the percentage weight loss, bamboo scrimber could be classified as highly resistant against bio-deterioration by white and brown-rot fungi. |
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| Keywords: | Bamboo scrimber biodegradation moisture content durability class |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6940-3850;4. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Building Structures, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic;5. Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI, Braunschweig, Germany;6. Faculty of Technology, Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, V?xj?, Sweden