This paper presents and discusses the experimental analyses of glued laminated bamboo (GLB) beams. The mechanical behavior of rectangular cross-section composite beams made with Dendrocalamus giganteus bamboo strips was studied. Four different positions of the bamboo layer nodes and joins and two glue types (resorcinol-formaldehyde and polyvinyl acetate) were investigated. The results were compared with reference beams made with reforesting wood: Araucaria angustifolia and Eucalyptus grandis. The beam failure mode depended on the node and join position and the glue type. Curves of load vs. displacement are presented and it was observed that the beams made with resorcinol-formaldehyde glue presented structural behavior superior than those made with polyvinyl acetate and the reference ones.
Bamboo; Glue; Beam
