High stress abrasive wear study on bamboo

High stress abrasive wear of bamboo in mainly two directions parallel and perpendicular to the fibre direction has been determined by using a Suga abrasion wear tester. Bamboo is a unidirectional natural composite. Unidirectional cellulosic fibres in bamboo provide unique directional wear properties. The anisotropic abrasive wear behaviour was observed due to difference in fibre vascular bundle orientation present in bamboo. Wear anisotropy of bamboo depended on load and abrasive grit size.WTTWLL=−aL2+bL−cWTTWLL=−eS3+fS2−gS+hW=xS2−yS+z Worn surfaces of bamboo and its debris were observed by using a SEM and discussed in this paper.