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BAMBOO AS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO BAMBOO Bamboo is a woody grass. It is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world. Some species of bamboo grow so fast you can almost see them grow. Bamboos are some of the fastest growing plants in the world. They are capable of growing 60 cm or more per day. However, the growth rate is dependent on local soil and climatic conditions. Bamboo are found in diverse climates, from cold mountains to hot tropical regions. They occur across East Asia, through to Northern Australia, and west to India and the Himalayas. ADVANTAGES OF USING BAMBOO USE OF BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION USE OF BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION
• Scaffolding
• Reinforcement
• Roofing
• Walling
• Doors & Windows
TENSIL STRESS AND UNIT WEIGHT
The common tensile stress in steel
reinforcement is 160 N/mm2 and in bamboo 370 N/mm2.
The mass per volume of steel is 7850 kg/m3 and
of bamboo is about 500-600 kg/m3.
Evidently bamboo will be cheaper because
the price of bamboo per weight will be less than half that of steel. DURABILTY Bamboo with low humidity is less prone to mould attacks especially when humidity content is less than 15%.
Physical and mechanical properties of
bamboo increase with a decrease in its humidity content.
Bamboo to be treated with a preservative
needs to be dry to facilitate penetration. Bamboo can be dried in air, green house, and oven or by fire. Preservatives Recommended Coal Tar Creosote
Copper – chrome - arsenic compositions
Acid- cupric – chromate composition
Copper – chrome- born composition
Copper zinc – napthanate Abietates
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE As said earlier, bamboo is a perfect material for earthquakes it is lightweight, and the hollow form gives much stiffness. But some can ask how to assess whether a bamboo house would survive an earthquake of a given intensity? But for that A dynamic test on a full-scale house is extremely expensive. So that At the National Bamboo Project of Costa Rica, only typical walls were tested, using a static test. The wall was fixed on a steel frame and using a hydraulic jack, a horizontal force was applied at an upper corner and in the plane of the wall. SEISMIC REINFORCEMENT The most important factor for the improved seismic performance of adobe construction is to provide reinforcement for the walls. Earthquake shaking will cause adobe walls to crack at the corners and to break up in large blocks. The role of the reinforcement therefore is to keep these large pieces of adobe wall together. A ring beam that ties the walls in a box-like structure is one of the most essential components of earthquake resistance for load bearing masonry construction. The ring beam must be strong, continuous, and well tied to the walls, and it must receive and support the roof. The ring beam can be made of concrete or timber. In previous slide D, d and b are the total, the effective depth and the width of the bending element respectively. Abt is the area of bamboo subjected to tension, ec and fc are compression strain and stress of the concrete, ebt and fbt are tensile strain and stress in bamboo. In stage 1 for a small load, the stress and strain are in linear elastic range. In stage 2 With the increase of the applied load the stress diagram in the compression zone of concrete continues to be non-linear before its ultimate strength ‘‘fcu’’ and bamboo in tension starts to break from its extreme lower layer and hence, starting the third stage. CONCLUSION Since bamboo is an environment friendly material it should give more importance.
Bamboo is very light in weight with compare to steel so
dead load of the member can be decreased with use of it.
Bamboo is easily avail material so it is economic material
and by using it we can reduced the cost of construction.
Since bamboo is very effective in seismic resistance, use
