TY - JOUR
T1 - Nomenclature for engineered bamboo
AU - Liu, Xianmiao
AU - Smith, Gregory D.
AU - Jiang, Zehui
AU - Bock, Maximilian C D
AU - Boeck, Felix
AU - Frith, Oliver
AU - Gatóo, Ana
AU - Liu, Kewei
AU - Mulligan, Helen
AU - Semple, Kate E.
AU - Sharma, Bhavna
AU - Ramage, Michael
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In recent years, there has been a rapid rise in the development of engineered bamboo materials, which have the potential to play an important role as alternatives to conventional building materials. Despite the growing diversity of bamboo products available on the market, the international standardization of both bamboo products and their constituent elements is limited, and a lack of universal nomenclature is recognized as one of the main constraints on developing standards. Similar or identical terminology is used interchangeably to describe different bamboo elements, processes, or products across sectors and continents. In some cases, translated colloquial names are misleading and scientifically inaccurate, which forms a barrier to global collaboration and research, creates ambiguity, and potentially limits trade. The present work aims to address this gap by proposing a set of appropriate terms in English that accurately describe and differentiate between currently produced engineered bamboo products and their constituent elements, accompanied by parallel terms in Chinese and Spanish. From these, new categories of engineered bamboo building materials are proposed for the Harmonized System of product codes. This paper highlights current ambiguities and provides terminology together with clear definitions of the main primary elements, processing steps, and products.
AB - In recent years, there has been a rapid rise in the development of engineered bamboo materials, which have the potential to play an important role as alternatives to conventional building materials. Despite the growing diversity of bamboo products available on the market, the international standardization of both bamboo products and their constituent elements is limited, and a lack of universal nomenclature is recognized as one of the main constraints on developing standards. Similar or identical terminology is used interchangeably to describe different bamboo elements, processes, or products across sectors and continents. In some cases, translated colloquial names are misleading and scientifically inaccurate, which forms a barrier to global collaboration and research, creates ambiguity, and potentially limits trade. The present work aims to address this gap by proposing a set of appropriate terms in English that accurately describe and differentiate between currently produced engineered bamboo products and their constituent elements, accompanied by parallel terms in Chinese and Spanish. From these, new categories of engineered bamboo building materials are proposed for the Harmonized System of product codes. This paper highlights current ambiguities and provides terminology together with clear definitions of the main primary elements, processing steps, and products.
KW - Bamboo
KW - Discussion
KW - Engineered composite materials
KW - Nomenclature
KW - Processing
KW - Terminology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949921511&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.11.1.1141-1161
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.11.1.1141-1161
U2 - 10.15376/biores.11.1.1141-1161
DO - 10.15376/biores.11.1.1141-1161
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949921511
SN - 1930-2126
VL - 11
SP - 1141
EP - 1161
JO - BioResources
JF - BioResources
IS - 1
ER -