Evaluation of bamboo material structure and its influence to mechanical behavior in sand soil mixture under static loading

Abstract

Bamboo is a kind of natural resource that has ability to grow in varying conditions. Besides its high water absorbability as the main advantage of bamboo, effect of bamboo material structure can be utilized to improve characteristic of loose and poorly graded sand soil under saturated condition. This type of soil is very susceptible to liquefaction. An understanding of production process influence to the performance of bamboo materials type, influence of cement addition in the mixture and curing time to the mechanical behaviour were observed by static triaxial CU test. In addition, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopic) analysis was also conducted to understand the particle interaction in mixture. This study can be developed as one of the proposed ideas in the utilization of environmental friendly materials in geotechnical field.