Bamboo is used for making houses in earthquake prone areas instead of steel structures.
Sure; an experiment was once carried out in my institution to explore bamboo as an alternative for steel. The results evident that bamboo could have the same tensile strength as steel.
Yes my brother Dr. Harry is right. One of my brilliant lecturers Dr. Rudolf Steiner proved this in his splendid research on bamboo technology and its relevance in building technology as a viable alternative to steel. A second year PhD student is equally carrying out his studies in the area, proving beyond reasonable doubts, how bamboo can be used as an alternative or complement to the often used materials such ad wood, steel and so forth in constructional projects.
Good question;
What is the tensile strength of the bamboo?
For those who tested bamboo with concrete, have they considered concrete-to-bamboo bonding? Development length? Lap splice?
The other concern is the long-term performance (servisibility). I am assuming bamboo has relatively low modulus of elasticity!
I think there were many attempts on using Bamboo in concrete and there was positive and negative effects.
yes, thank you dr. Dickson Adom
Can you send this research which talk about the bamboo?
Organic materials decompose with time. Quality control is another problem when compared with steel rebars.
thanks drs. for recommending my answer----ajit
- Dickson Adom
- Rasha Jasim Al-Karawi
- Hassan Alshamsi
Bamboo is definitely cheaper but not a long-lasting option for construction.
The Singapore Research Center for Future Cities proposed the use of bamboo as an alternative to reinforcing steel. Where the abundance and durability coupled with the flexibility of the excellent bamboo qualities encouraging the use of it. The best qualities are to bear the tensile strength, light weight, cheap material, and its availability and ease of cultivation. And its negative characteristics are affected by heat, water absorption and the biological degradation of bamboo tissue. So this subject is under study and examination so far.
One of many reasons as to why steel is used with concrete is similar thermal expansion coefficients of steel and concrete. Owing to large difference in expansion coefficients, is using bamboo as a reinforcement a good idea?
I think it is difficult to compare between steel and bamboo ,steel had a good characteristics and better than bamboo.
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