Properties of Sleeve Joints Made from Reduced Bamboo

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Pretty good and interesting paper. A little more speculation on the practical implications would be nice.

 

L13 bamboo is many species – genus? Family?

L13 – longitudinal only, right?

L18 I don’t think you need the authority for the scientific name at all, but be consistent

L39 specify the type of failure.

L56 need to explain that the exterior of the culm is hardest, etc.

L108 – I think those moisture content values are unrealistically precise.

L113-127. Good description – makes sense.

L136 the wood fitting should be identified in the figure, and the purpose of the wood fitting explained in the text.

L150 define how failure was determined.

Results/discussion. I think some discussion of potential role of density would be good. In wood, we would expect better strength (usually) with denser material but you got the opposite here. Discuss this.

Also, some more general discussion of the role/importance/practical implications of this technology, and the need for wood reinforcement.

Future work?

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Reviewer 2 Report

Title:         Properties of Sleeve Joints Made from Reduced Bamboo

Authors:  Yiren Wang，Salim Hiziroglu

General impression:

The work is original and interesting. This is a very successful attempt at thermo-hydro-mechanical processing of bamboo-wood in order to obtain the joint shape for bamboo tubes. The solution has great application potential.

Specific remarks:

61 Figure caption is in the wrong place.

81 “… dropped from 217.3 ℃ to 113.0 ℃ f for…” - typing error.

94 Marks of individual parts of the drawing should be added.

96-101 The purpose of the work is clear and understandable. The authors clearly defined what will be the subject of the research.

133-139 Please explain the expediency of using a cedar inlay. Figure 3 should also indicate where this insert was applied.

146 Figure caption is in the wrong place.

176-177 “The normal load (N) is equal to the multiplication of the normal contact stess (p) and the…” Should be … “stresses” or better “pressure”.

181 "... final maximum load depends on the displacement or stroke and ..." Should be "... of stroke and ..."

181-182 What is reducing force, is it a driving load?

184 Please explain the reason for the load drop from 3000 N to 2000 N and from 4000 N to 3000 N for Gui and Moso.

185 It is still unknown what it is, and how "…The reducing forces ... various reduction ratios" were defined.

266-268 How was the joint strength calculated? This explanation is missing in the methodology.

291 The conclusions are complete and result directly from the obtained research results.

310 The list of references requires formatting.

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Reviewer 3 Report

Good paper but needs extensive editing for proper English. 

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