Abstract:The bending tests and theoretical analysis of five full-scale bamboo scrimber components were conducted and the flexural behavior of bamboo scrimber was researched in detail. Results show that the typical failure modes of bamboo scrimber flexural components are the bamboo fiber fracture at the bottom and interlaminar shear failure near the neutral axis. The sectional stiffness control the design for the bamboo scrimber flexural components, the ratio of PL/250 of the load corresponding to the deflection limit value of L/250 and ultimate load Pmax has good stability. The relationship model of bending tensile strength fm and elastic modulus E was established by regression, which shows that the sectional stiffness expressed by the elastic modulus could predict the bearing capacity well. The plane-section assumption is still valid. The bamboo calculation methods of scrimber flexural components were proposed considering the materials properties of bamboo scrimber based on wood structure design methods. The design value of bamboo bending strength, shear strength parallel to grain and the elastic modulus E were presented preliminarily.