The use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete
| dc.contributor.author | Teh Kok Leong | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-07T08:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-07T08:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this recent era, concrete is the most consumed construction material in the entire world. Since the concrete is found to have excellent compressive strength but poor tensile strength, steel rebar are widely used in concrete to overcome the low tensile strength of concrete. Due to increasing cost of manufacturing of steel and the associated effects on the environment, there are several researchers trying to find alternative materials to replace steel as reinforcement for concrete. One of the potential alternative materials is bamboo. In this experimental study, there are three major experiments conducted on bamboo and steel, tensile test, pull out test and also flexural test. The aim of this study is to assess the potential of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete. For the tensile test of bamboo, bamboo specimen with epoxy resin surface coating and with node shows the highest tensile strength compared to other bamboo specimens, yet lower than steel by about 325%. Moreover, the bond strength of steel with concrete is relatively higher than bamboo with epoxy surface coating, and is followed by bamboo without surface coating. The last but not least, the experimental results on flexural behaviour indicated that bamboo reinforced concrete have a poorer performance compared to conventional concrete beam if the cross sectional area of bamboo reinforcement is the same with the cross sectional area of steel. As the cross sectional area of bamboo reinforcement increases, the beam shows improved flexural strength. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12663 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | The use of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
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