Effect of the Nonprestressed/Prestressed BFRP Bar on Flexural Performance of the Bamboo Beam

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Material</td><td class="align_center"><i>σ<sub>cu</sub></i> (MPa)</td><td class="align_center"><i>σ<sub>tu</sub></i> (MPa)</td><td class="align_center"><i>ε<sub>tu</sub></i> (%)</td><td class="align_center"><i>E</i> (GPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BSL</td><td class="align_center">97.0 (5.08%)</td><td class="align_center">131.4 (6.43%)</td><td class="align_center"></td><td class="align_center">11.6 (3.74%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BCR</td><td class="align_center">78.1 (6.12%)</td><td class="align_center">181.5 (6.93%)</td><td class="align_center"></td><td class="align_center">14.1 (4.31%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BFRP bar</td><td class="align_center"></td><td class="align_center">897.0 (5.51%)</td><td class="align_center">2.75 (6.16%)</td><td class="align_center">32.3 (2.42%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Note: BSL is the laminated bamboo; BCR represents the reconstituted bamboo; <i>σ<sub>cu</sub></i> is the ultimate compressive stress; <i>σ<sub>tu</sub></i> is the ultimate tensile stress; <i>ε<sub>tu</sub></i> is the ultimate tensile strain; <i>E</i> is the elastic modulus; numbers in the brackets are coefficients of variation (COV).<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Material properties of bamboo engineering materials and BFRP bar.</div>

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Table 1: Effect of the Nonprestressed/Prestressed BFRP Bar on Flexural Performance of the Bamboo Beam 