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Using Bamboo in Place of Steel Reinforcement
Using Bamboo in Place of Steel Reinforcement
Using Bamboo in Place of Steel Reinforcement
of Steel Reinforcement
DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL ENGINEERING
4. SHRINKAGE
Bamboo shrinks more than wood when it loses water.
The canes can tear apart at the nodes.
Contd…..
Contd…
NON-CHEMICAL METHOD
or (TRADITIONAL METHOD)
CHEMICAL METHOD
1. NON CHEMICAL METHODS OR TRADITIONAL
METHOD
Smoking: Bamboo culms are placed above fireplaces inside the
house so that the smoke and heat rises up and both dry and
blacken the culms.
This is considered an effective treatment against insects and
fungi but aesthetically bad.
3. Boucheire Process
4. Inter Nodal Injection
2. Hot & Cold Method
PRESERVATIVES RECOMMENDED
o D, d and b are the total, the effective depth and the width
of the bending element respectively.
2. SPECIFIC GRAVITY
1. CONCRETE MIX
BOOKS
“Bamboo as reinforcement in
structural concrete elements” by:-Khosrow
Ghavami
“Design and building with bamboo” by:- Jules J.A.Jansse
RESEARCH PAPERS
“Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Wall as a Replacement to
Brick and Mud Wall” by:- M Mishra, S Mujumdar
“Connections and slab for bamboo
construction” by Guzman David, PhD
candidate ,Morel Claude,Professor
”Adobe Construction” by Marcial Blondet
and Gladys Villa Garcia M. Catholic University of
Peru, Peru