How Bamboo Bends to Create Curved Structures
Understanding the ability of bamboo to bend through the moment of inertia of different cross sections. Image Courtesy of BambooU Before learning to bend bamboo we need to understand the moment of inertia of different cross-sections of the type of material we use for these techniques. In a simpler way, a smaller surface area and solid form will have more flexibility compared to a hollow cylindrical form. Full poles have less flexibility than splits and splits have less flexibility than lidi bundles (full poles splits lidi). For the rup-rup technique, we use full-round pole bamboo in its na...
Source: archdaily.com