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Materials Characterization Of Bamboo And Analysis Of Bonding Strength And Internal Strength As A Structural Member In Reinforced Concrete, Nithi Plangsriskul, Nicholas Dorsano
Materials Characterization Of Bamboo And Analysis Of Bonding Strength And Internal Strength As A Structural Member In Reinforced Concrete, Nithi Plangsriskul, Nicholas Dorsano
Materials Engineering
This study evaluates the potential to utilize bamboo as reinforcement in concrete structural members. In this project, the mechanical properties of bamboo were tested, specifically force required to embed a 0.5” diameter ball 0.016” into the bamboo samples and its bonding strength with concrete. One type of bamboo, Bambusa Oldhamii, was cut into eight sections, approximately 2.54 cm wide, along the length of the culm. The compression test recorded the bamboo’s strength at eight points along the length of the internode and at three points along the transverse direction of each specimen. Bambusa Oldhamii’s specimen base 1 data for inner, …