Can bamboo protect your family? [engineering]
But what if you need an iron bar when you are doing reinforced concrete work but you have no iron bar there?
Relax, because you can still be creative with some materials that can replace the main function of reinforcing bar/iron bar so you can still continue your work as usual.
But did you know that some research results say that you can use natural materials such as bamboo [source] can be used, how?
I will discuss it so you can understand how bamboo can replace the function of iron reinforced concrete succeeding a positive and negative impact caused by bamboo reinforcement, may be useful.
Bamboo is part of hollow grass plants and has stem segments, bamboo can live on various types of land has even been cultivated on the African continent, especially Rwanda. [source]
Bamboo has soft shoots and leafy leaves that can be consumed by animals, even people in Aceh and Sumatra take advantage of bamboo shoots as processed food ingredients.
Bamboo has also been used as a construction material for a long time by humans such as traditional houses located in Penglipuran Bali [source] and traditional Japanese houses used as blanket seams between wooden walls. [source]
Excess bamboo as a construction material among others. [source]
- Lightweight than wood.
- Easy to do.
- Easy to connect.
- Cheap.
- Strong and earthquake resistant.
- Bending properties.
While the lack of bamboo among them. [source]
- Not fire resistant.
- Can not stand moist.
- Vulnerable to weather changes.
- Less able to accept tensile load/tap.
- Easy to cultivate.
- Vulnerable to fungi, termites and other insects.
You should use bamboo. [source]
- Not broken on the segment.
- Yellow or green.
- Must be old.
- Has a white spot on the base.
A lecturer of Civil Engineering Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia has proved that bamboo can be used as a replacement for iron bar in her two-story house building. [source]
Utilization of bamboo as a substitute for reinforcing steel is still rare and has not been massively produced in Indonesia especially in Aceh making you have to spend more on labor cost.
Bamboo is less good when receiving a tensile load so bamboo is widely used as concrete road, floor yard and other concrete work that does not need too big tensile load [source]
The main thing to know is that preserved bamboo can last up to 20 years and bamboo will be difficult to blend with concrete if bamboo is dry so bamboo and concrete are not binding, it usually happens when the bamboo foundry process that absorbs water will expand [source] bamboo without special treatment is not recommended.
You can see bamboo testing videos as a replacement for iron bar below.
Utilization of bamboo as concrete reinforcement.
From the results of laboratory testing, bamboo has a higher bending strength and has resistance to a pressure that is almost the same as reinforcement bar. In this study, the iron used is 6 mm diameter iron and bamboo with a diameter of 6 mm. [source]
Bamboo can be installed like iron mounting in general construction work, as a reinforcement, you can install the iron at a certain distance to add strength, bamboo should be installed uniformly and used that still have skin.
Dr. Ir. Baig Sri Umniati ST MT, a lecturer of Malang State University has completed research on bamboo utilization as anchor in concrete mix and can strengthen concrete and stronger connection from iron, research result also mentioned that the construction can make earthquake resistant building because of concrete structure such as slab/sloof, beams and columns are not vulnerable to broken or bent. [source]
Bamboo is a material provided by nature and has many benefits, including as a replacement for reinforcement.
Bamboo is considered cheaper because it is easy to find considering the lack of its use as a concrete reinforcement/iron bar so you need a skilled worker to avoid the installation is not mistaken.
Research on the use of bamboo as a substitute for reinforcing steel in the work of reinforced concrete is still continued, given the limited knowledge of the utilization of bamboo as a construction material and so forth.
This is the only thing I can write on this occasion, for the errors and lack of unintentional writing as a servant of God, I apologize.
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Best regards @kharrazi
Sangat bermanfaat, tentunya potensi bambu bisa dioptimalkan untuk keperluan konstruksi bangunan... Bisa menghemat dana, namun saat ini bambu sulit didapatkan kecuali dikampung-kampung... Terimakasih telah berbagi..
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Ok you are making me a bamboo house! 😁😂😂😁
Informative. Hopefully one day as a Civil Engineer ,I will make reinforcement with bamboo too
if you are a civil engineer then you can certainly make it happen,
thanks for stopping :)
thanks for post @kharrazi and for market price's i bought them :D a little and FB please
but you buy it too little :D
:) i need that next time promise take all of them bro :D
maybe later you can sell it directly to me :)
for sure you're the 1st my list for selling time .good luck bro
see you buddy :)
Great post @kharrazi
thank you :)
Hey @kharrazi, nice and informative post. You have added the functionality of bamboo in the engineering world. I have written an article on my blog on how to grow bamboos. I think you will like it. Here is the link to the post
May be next time, Thanks for stopping :)