RESULTS

The mains purpose of this work was to reinforce concrete with

bamboo in order to improve the strength, in general bamboo like
reinforcement in beams of Portland cement enhance final loading
capacity.
Figure 1 illustrates the flexural strength gained in a period of 28 days
we can observe two items in this figure, SRC(Steel reinforced
concrete) and BRC(Bamboo reinforced concrete) and we will use this
abbreviations for the following figures.
There was an increase of 6.5% in flexural strength it was because
bamboo has a high elasticity module and it helps to improve
resistance of concrete.

Figure 2 show load deflection behavior after 28 days between SCR and
BRC. We found a similarity in the load deflections that was obtained
by “K. Datta (Thechnische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany, 1935)
CONCLUSIONS

In this study we were focused on the strength increase in concrete

when we mix it with bamboo. We obtained good results because
bamboo could improve principal structural parameters of concrete
like elasticity module also, it allows concrete to support a major
quantity of deflections, and one of the main advantages is the low
cost of produce concrete following this method.
The design of concrete with bamboo or steel is similar, however this
paper shows the principal characteristics and properties that we
have to know in order to use bamboo instead of steel in the best way
possible because if we do not follow this characteristics our design
will fail.
Our results provide a clear strength increase and the good
performance against deflections. In addition, the use of this material
is sustainable and eco-friendly because it grows faster.
Some limitations that we could find is that only bamboo that
approve some characteristics like size, same form or age, can be
applied to mix concrete with bamboo.
ABSTRACT

A number of studies trials have been made for the use of bamboo in
concrete beams which are simple efficient and economical in order to
reinforce concrete, and the main problem was that we did not know
the method to design it, and it paper presents a way to mix concrete
with bamboo. It design was modelled following the usual design of
concrete with steel, but we had to stablished some requirements for
bamboo. This method increased the strength of concrete and could
reduce significant the cost of the project, and we suggest that you have
to follow the principal characters to choose the bamboo, this method
have a potential use for rural construction. Future directions should
be focused on the use of additives to improve the behavior of the
concrete against deflections.