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Title Tonkin bamboo (Pseudosasa amabilis) as a material to explore in Ecodesign. The design of a market stall as a case study
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Authors González-Yebra, O; Rey, AL; Becerra, AT; Takeuchi, CP
Title Tonkin bamboo (Pseudosasa amabilis) as a material to explore in Ecodesign. The design of a market stall as a case study
Year 2024
Published
DOI 10.22320/s0718221x/2024.05
Abstract The life cycle analysis (LCA) allows to evaluate the environmental impact in the different stages of a design/product. In the case of the material selection stage, among the raw materials that has a high environmental impact and energy consumption is the steel. In this context, this research studies the use of Pseudosasa amabilis (Tonkin bamboo) as a structural material and an Ecodesign strategy, it compares its environmental impact with that of steel in a redesign of a market stall for fruits and vegetables. To carry out the design process, the study worked under the Design for Sustainability (D4S) approach with the SolidWorks (R) tool, in which the detailed design has been developed, including the study of the static behavior and ACV, that is, the study of the sustainability of the structure within the framework of the new paradigm of the Circular Economy. The material selected for the redesign is a Tonkin bamboo, from a sampling that threw average data of 30 mm in diameter and thickness of 6 mm. The results obtained, theoretical-experimentally and whit the numerical simulation, confirm that the Tonkin bamboo, both in the finite element analysis (FEA) and in the sustainability study (ACV), is a material with excellent structural qualities as well as minimal environmental impact. For this reason, new lines of work are proposed and other research groups are invited to be interested in this unknown green material.
Author Keywords Bamboo; Pseudosasa amabilis; Design-driven innovation; Life-cycle assessment; Circular economy; Ecodesign; CAD/CAE tools
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001275504100001
WoS Category Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Research Area Materials Science
PDF https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/download/6053/4707
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