Abstract:
For a developing country like Sri Lanka,
imported construction material like steel is not cost-effective.
The increasing trend in demand for construction material
leads to an increase in the consumption of natural resources as
well. So, to reduce the steel usage, bamboo can be used as
hybrid reinforcement to achieve the benefits of both steel and
bamboo, while compensating the disadvantages of each other.
Bamboo is selected because of its high tensile strength to
weight ratio, less carbon footprint, and rapidly growing ability.
In this paper, details of the study carried out to analyze the
behavior of three concrete slabs reinforced with steel and
bamboo in comparison with the steel alone (control slab) is
presented. All four slab specimens with dimensions of 1200 mm
* 1200 mm* 60 mm were cast and tested under centerline
loading. Flexural behavior of control slab reinforced with steel
alone was compared with 3 hybrid-slabs reinforced with a
different combination of steel and bamboo. The experimental
results of 4 slabs were comparably similar, and these results
were used to validate some numerical models too (developed in
Midas software). It is concluded that steel and bamboo
reinforced hybrid slabs can be used as an effective alternative.
Citation:
M. Parasuram and K. Baskaran, "Study On Bamboo And Steel As Hybrid Reinforcement For Concrete Slab," 2020 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2020, pp. 13-18, doi: 10.1109/MERCon50084.2020.9185244.