2000 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 29-37
The bambo reinforced soil-cement concrete is consisted by a mixture of cohesive soil, sand, cement and sufficient water on site, using bamboo instead of steel bar. The soil-cement concrete was produced taking into account of effective water of soil and sand on the basis of saturated surface-dry condition. This construction method can be used for a temporary road constructed on the soft ground using soils of the site and for low-rise housing construction using a structural unit with strength larger than adobe bricks.
This paper proves the feasibility of bamboo reinforced soil-cement concrete construction by experiments comprising bonding between bamboo and soil-cement concrete, outdoor exposure test of slabs and flexural test of beams.
