Cross-sectional images of Moso Bamboo Mesostructure

© 2026 Lukas Speichinger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institue of Engineering Mechanics, Chair of Continuum Mechanics

Description

This dataset provides cross-sectionnal images of the bamboo culm wall. The material examined in this work consists of four‑year‑old Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens/edulis). Four consecutive internodes were harvested from the central region of a single culm, deliberately omitting the nodal regions. The images show radially orientated stripes of the culm wall's mesostrucutre. Each original image is taken by a digital microscop with a 2MP sensor and is cropped so that the horizontal borders of the stripes coincide with the inner and outer bounds of the culm wall. This dataset serves as input for the characterization of the mesostructure of Mosos bamboo as described in [corresponding puplication in review].

Data Structure

data/
├── IN01/ #Internode folder
│ ├── originals/ 
│ │ ├── IN01_01.png #images from   
│ │ └── IN01_..
│ ├── IN01_S01.tif #Slices from original image 
│ ├── IN01_S01_seg.tif #Segmented slice (optional) 
│ └── IN01_S..
├── IN../
│ ├── originals/ 
│ └── IN.._S..
└── resolution.csv #Resolution of slice images

Resolution Data

Citation

We encourage users to cite this dataset as recommended in the CITATION.cff file as well as the corresponding publication 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.146522

Aknowlegments

The data presented in this repository were generated as part of the author's PhD thesis at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Chair of Continuum Mechanics, in collaboration with the Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT).