What kind of treatment are they talking about?
Bali’s 'magic' bamboo homes [video]
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#12For a long time i am looking for a synthetic bamboo equivalent for acoustic properties.
But so far I've not found anything similar. I am thinking, what if I engrave bamboo like pattern on carbon fiber, will it produce similar acoustic?
Can any material/sound/chem engineer help me?
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#13For a long time i am looking for a synthetic bamboo equivalent for acoustic properties. But so far I've not found anything similar. I am thinking, what if I engrave bamboo like pattern on carbon fiber, will it produce similar acoustic? Can any material/sound/chem engineer help me?
I've worked with both materials, although not in acoustics; I don't think they'll ever sound alike. CF sounds "light" compared to bamboo, when thin, and dull when thick.
I think carbon fiber instruments sound interesting, just not a match for bamboo.
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#14Since bamboo is hollow could filling the bamboo with concrete be used to reinforce and increase its load bearing strength?
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#15Pretty cool, though Bali's climate helps.
What's it like? Also, won't you get insects and birds everywhere with open spaces like that?
The climate is pretty much always tropical and warm though often rainy. Those kind of open spaces work well as living areas though most people sleep in more conventional closed rooms, often with aircon for the better off. The places I was in with that kid of construction used it for restaurant / reception stuff with people sleeping in regular concrete structures.
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#16For a long time i am looking for a synthetic bamboo equivalent for acoustic properties. But so far I've not found anything similar. I am thinking, what if I engrave bamboo like pattern on carbon fiber, will it produce similar acoustic? Can any material/sound/chem engineer help me?
I've worked with both materials, although not in acoustics; I don't think they'll ever sound alike. CF sounds "light" compared to bamboo, when thin, and dull when thick. I think carbon fiber instruments sound interesting, just not a match for bamboo.
There would be the issue of cost when replicating the thickness of bamboo as well, I'd imagine?
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#17Having been in SE Asia and Bali many times and seen how they spray chemicals against insects... I wonder how they handle that in the middle of the forest... I would never go there without an independant assessment... I love the design but I prefer something closed and airconditionned (mosquitos). Mosquitos are a major issue (even in cities): https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/pest-control/mosquito-co...
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#18For a long time i am looking for a synthetic bamboo equivalent for acoustic properties. But so far I've not found anything similar. I am thinking, what if I engrave bamboo like pattern on carbon fiber, will it produce similar acoustic? Can any material/sound/chem engineer help me?
I've worked with both materials, although not in acoustics; I don't think they'll ever sound alike. CF sounds "light" compared to bamboo, when thin, and dull when thick. I think carbon fiber instruments sound interesting, just not a match for bamboo.
Density of CF is 1743kg/m^3 and that of bamboo is 1160 kg/m^3.
Acrlyic, Nylon, Polycarbonate have similar density as Bamboo.
https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/people/publications/Flet...
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#19Density of Carbon Fiber is 1743kg/m^3 and that of Bamboo is 1160 kg/m^3.
Acrlyic, Nylon, Polycarbonate have similar density as Bamboo.
Bamboo's strength falls somewhere between fiberglass and carbon fiber
Some things to think about include ecological factors (bamboo is renewable), environmental factors (bamboo is flammable), loading factors (steel can be made ductile and its high properties are isotropic), and weight considerations (bamboo is much less dense) compared to Steel.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's it like? Also, won't you get insects and birds everywhere with open spaces like that?
It's more humid than straight up 'hot'. And when it rains, it pours like there's no tomorrow; rainy season, anyway. I was staying in a medium-sized house in a fairly tucked away village; surrounded by jungle and rice fields. Over the 3 months that I stayed in this house, I saw iguanas the size of my arm, several snakes cruising in the backyard, and plenty of ants that like to eat bamboo and other wood-stuff. That bei…
I've always wondered why there aren't lasers which can shoot down mosquitoes on its own.