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Agrotechnology, an open access journal
ISSN: 2168-9881
Agri 2017
October 02-04, 2017
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International Conference on
AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE
October 02-04, 2017 London, UK
Bamboo - A building material for construction
Latha M S
Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, India
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oncrete and steel are the most widely used construction materials in the world. The concrete has high compressive strength
but low tensile strength. Therefore, steel is used to reinforce the concrete. Steel has a very high tensile strength as compared
to concrete, but there are certain problems associated with it. Some of these problems are high production cost, large energy
consumption during its production; it is a non-renewable resource and large amount of carbon emission during its production.
The urge to overcome these problems without the tensile capacity of reinforced concrete being compromised, has prompted
numerous scientists and engineers to seek out locally sourced materials as a replacement for conventional steel reinforcement.
Specifically bamboo is one of the most suitable materials that may be used as reinforcing bar in concrete. This project work
assessed the suitability of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete. In this project, size of beams selected is 230x 300 x 2000
mm. treated bamboo reinforced concrete (TBRC) beam and steel reinforced concrete (SRC) beam was casted for each size of
beam and they were tested on loading frame machine. The compare of the results for the bamboo reinforced beam and steel
reinforced beam shows that the load was varying from the percentage of bamboo and steel. Hence, it can be recommended to
use bamboo reinforced concrete beam for light load bearing structures like beam, plinth beam and slab for small panel. Also,
it may be used for temporary structure.
lathamsm@yahoo.co.inAgrotechnology 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881-C1-028