Scaling Analysis of the Tensile Strength of Bamboo Fibers Using Weibull Statistics

Table 1

Comparison of measured and predicted fracture strengths of bamboo fibers.

Fiber test length (mm)	Tensile strength		Difference (%)
	Measured by experiment* (MPa)	Predicted by (8) (MPa)
20	555	—	—
30	523	502	4.26
40	492	467	5.35
50	451	442	2.12
60	442	422	4.60

∗Average value of 50 results.