APPLICABILITY OF BAMBOO AS REINFORCEMENT FOR CONCRETE

Abstract

The applicability of bamboo as concrete reinforcement was investigated in this study. The tensile strength of bamboo as concrete reinforcement is much lower than steel bar reinforcement. However, one of the merits is the effective use of natural resources. And, there would be no need to consider the problems such as carbonization and salt damage which are fundamental and important on RC structures, since bamboo does not rust. In this study, the tensile strength property of bamboo was experimentally obtained as the basic data. Then the strength properties of bamboo reinforced concrete (BRC) slabs in which the bamboo was used as reinforcement was investigated.