BIS STANDARDS RELEVANT FOR UTILISATION OF BAMBOO AND BAMBOO COMPOSITE MATERIAL IN

STRUTURAL APPLICATION.
1.

IS 1902:1993

Code of Practice for preservation of bamboo and cane for non-structural

purposes

2.

IS 6874:1973

Methods of test for round bamboos

3.

IS7344:1974

Specification for bamboo tent bamboos

4.

IS 8242:1976

Methods of tests for split bamboos

5.

IS 8295 (Part 1): 1976

Specification for bamboo chicks: Part 1 Fine

6.

IS 8295 (Part 2): 1976

Specification for bamboo chicks: Part 2 Coarse

7.

IS 9096: 1979

Code of practice for preservation of bamboo for structural purposes.

8.

IS 10145:1982

Specification for bamboo supports for camouflaging Equipment.

9.

IS 13958: 1994

Specification for bamboo mat board for general purposes

10.

IS 14588: 1999

Specification for bamboo mat veneer composites for general purposes

11.

IS-15476: 2004

Bamboo mat corrugated sheets

12.

IS 5913:

Durability including water absorption, impermeability, load bearing

capacity, density, frost cracking etc.

13.

IS 4908: 1968

Random sampling.

14.

IS 459: 1992/
ASTM-D1037

Standard for accelerated aging.

15.

UV Resistance test

Lamp UV-B
Cycle: 4 hours exposure at 60C followed
by 4 hrs humidity exposure at 50C.

16.

IS 4990: 1993

Ply wood for concrete shuttering.

17.

ISO 22156: 2004

Bamboo structural design

18.

ISO 22157: 2004

Bamboo physical and mech properties.

19.

IS 2752: 1995
IS 8366: 1989
IS 877: 1989
IS 833
IS 5990

Activated carbon specification (granular)

Activated carbon specification (Powder)
Sampling and test of activated carbon.
Design of wood based load bearing structures
Fire retardant parameters for ply wood

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For further information on these standards and tests,

Contact:
Director (Publiations)
Bureau of Indian Standards
9, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi-110002 Tel: 23237995
Email: pub@bis.org.in

National Mission on Bamboo Application

Vishwakrma Bhawan,
Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
Tel: 91-11-26566778
Fax: 91-11-26962267
Email: bamboo@bambootech.org

TESTS AS PER IS-4990.

S.No.
1.

Cl. No.

2.

7
7.3
8.1

3.

10.1.1

4.

10.1.2
10.1.2.1

10.1.2.2

5.

10.1.3
10.1.3.1
(Wet state)

10.1.3.2
(Wet state)

6.

10.1.4

7.

10.1.5

8.

10.1.6

9.

10.1.7

Tests (Property)
Dimension & Tolerance
i) Thickness
Workmanship & Finish

Moisture Content (%)

(IS-1734 Part 1)
Glue Adhesion in Dry state
i) Glue Shear Strength
(IS-1734 Part-4)
(Speed:2mm/min)
Individual Min (N)
Average Min, (N)
Adhesion of Plies
(IS-1734 Part-5)

Water Resistance Test

(Boiling water for 72 hrs)
i) Glue Shear strength
(IS-1734 Part-4)
(Speed: 2mm/min)
Individual Min (N)
Average Min (N)
ii) Adhesion of plies knife
test
(IS-1734 Part-5)
Visual Test (Boiling water
72 hrs)
Preservative retention
Tensile strength
(IS-1734 Part-9)
(Speed: 1mm/min)
Average (N/mm)
Mycological test
(IS-1734 Part-7)
i) Glue shear strength
(speed:2mm/min)
Individual Min (N)
Average Min (N)
ii) Adhesion of piles knife
test

10.

10.1.8

Modulus of elasticity
(IS-1734 Part-11)

Specific Requirement
+/-10(for<6mm Thick)
+/- 05 (for 6mm & above)
Shall be smooth and the faces and back shall be
free from harmful discoloration, pleasts, overlaps
& loose knots. The edges shall be of smooth
uniform finish
5-15

1100 N (110 kgf)

1350 N (135 kgf)
The veneers shall offer appreciable resistance to
separation & the fractured samples shall show
some adherent fibres distributed more or less
uniformly)

800 N (80 kgf)

1000 N (100 kgf)
The veneers shall offer appreciable resistance to
separation & the fractured samples shall show
some adherent fibres distributed more or less
uniformly.
Ply wood shall not show any softening cracking
or deterioration of the surface layer.
Board shall have retention of preservative
chemical nor less then 12kg per m
The sum of the tensile strength in both direction
shall not be less then 60N/mm (600kgf per cm)

a) Show no appreciable signs of separation at

the edges of the veneers
i)
800 N (80 kgf)
1000 N (100 kgf)
ii) The veneers shall offer appreciable resistance
to separation & the fractured samples shall show
some adherent fibres distributed more or less
uniformity.
8000 N per mm