With China experiencing so much pollution and environmental depletion, it only makes sense that a group would get together to find unique uses for natural resources. The first endeavor? A durable bridge made completely out of bamboo.


The bridge under construction in China

Headed up by the School of Civil Engineering of Hunan University, a year of research and trial & error went into beefing up the intensity of the bamboo structures that would eventually become the bridge. Creating the first modern bamboo bridge in the world, it opened on December 12th in Leiyang, and its first visitor was an 8.6 ton truck. The truck crossed safely and the bridge proved itself in the ultimate test to see if it could in fact support heavy vehicles and machinery, including static pressure up to 90 tons.


Hunan University student documenting bridge construction

The school designed the bridge with not only bamboo, but carbon fibers into plastics to complete the project, helping to guarantee safe travels to all who cross it. The bamboo bridge has won praise from the Chinese government due to its almost 100% pollutant free building process, as well as the expenditure difference between this and a typical concrete bridge. The bamboo bridge also puts to shame the typical cost of a steel one.

So what is the university’s department doing now that the structure is complete? Brainstorming and striving toward innovating even longer bamboo structures. While the current bridge has a lasting prediction of 20 years, the Chinese keep their hopes high that longevity will be increased and other bridges throughout China can be replaced by such creative means. 

genijalno!
ma,ovi Kinezi su ko lokomotiva!treba im malo pomoci i inspiracije(posle WW2)da se zagreju,al zato kad krenu sa cak i malim inovacijama-nema stajanja...

Zbog njihove inspiracije pande će uskoro da gledaju samo na slikama.

pa toliko celika trose da nema dovoljno za sve potrebe
ali dobro su se dosetili 

Gresis, veoma su ozbiljni po tom pitanju. Ima dosta emisija o pandama i programu njihovog ocuvanja u Kini na Animal Planet-u.

hm.. pa nije losa idej bambus je obnovljiv resurs... ali koliko je koristan 

mozete misliti od kakvih se govana prave njihovi tenkovi. . .  

Kad govoriš o Kinezima i njihovim tenkovima radi to sa VELIKIM poštovanjem. Još si mlad da o tome pričaš.

Vlado

Pa kako nije koristan, bambusa imaju ga na svakom koraku, jeftin je, a cijena čelika je u stalnom rastu. Uz to mostić super izgleda, i lakše se uklapa u prirodu nego da nabudže čeličnu grdosiju.
A drvo, pogotovo bambus ima i konstrukcijskih prednosti nad čelikom.

osim ako nisi Vladimir Ivanovic..onda shut up...kinezi prave najveca govna na planeti...kupio sam sto za kompjuter...srafove mozes malim prstom da iskrivis..daske da dunes ima da se slome..hehehe