Preparation of crack-free, non-notched, flattened bamboo board and its physical and mechanical properties

Bamboo flattening technology can increase the utilization of bamboo, flattening half or third bamboo tube sections into flattened bamboo strips through steam softening, roller flattening and drying. Compared with earlier notched flattening technology, newer non-notched flattening technology does not incise or damage the culm inner surface. In this paper, we introduce a non-notched flattening method and assess the macro-and micro-mechanical...