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Sustainable Bridges using Bamboo for construction
?可續發展的橋樑使用竹建築
Bamboo is a truly sustainable unrivalled timber,
with the compressive strength of concrete and the tensile strength of steel.
竹子是一個真正可持續的無與倫比的木材,
以混凝土的抗壓強度和鋼材的抗拉強度。
The kind of timber we use, Petung (or Dendorocalaus asper)
?can have as much as? 18 meters of useable length.
It’s lightweight, hollow, round, curving, and tapering.
我們使用該種木材,
Petung可以有多達18公尺可用的長度。
它是輕的、空心的、圓的、彎曲的和尖端細的。
It’s also flexible, making it ?ideal for earthquakes,
as it will bend and flex long before it breaks.
它也是有彈性的,
使其成為想法的是因為地震,
因為它會彎曲。
There are 1450 species of Bamboo in the world,
and my team uses 7 of them.
世界上有1450種特別的竹子。
It grows on most continents on Earth,
and we harvest ours from groves deep in the ravines
of Bali and Java—from between 1 hour and 1 day’s drive away.
它生長在地球上大多數的大陸上。
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