ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is a genuine pleasure to express my deep sense of thanks and profound gratitude to

my guide Dr. P.Revathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, for the valuable guidance.

I would like to acknowledge my heart full gratitude to my project co-ordinator

Dr.S.ESWARI, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry
Engineering College, Puducherry.

I would like to acknowledge my heart full gratitude to Dr. R. SARAVANANE,

Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering
College, Puducherry, for giving valuable suggestions and encouragement during my
project.

I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. S.SUNDARAMOORTHY, Dean,

Pondicherry engineering college, Puducherry, for giving valuable suggestions and
encouragement during my project

I acknowledge the moral support extended by Dr.S.KOTHANDARAMAN,

Principal, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, for providing us all the
amenities throughout the project

I am bound to thank all the faculty members of civil engineering department for their
encouragement.

I would like to thank all the non-teaching staff members of civil engineering
department for their help and assistance.

I express my sincere and heartfelt thanks to my parents, friends and classmates for
their constant encouragement and moral support motivated us and helped us to finish
our project in time.
Last but not the least we would like to thank the almighty for his grace and blessing
on us.

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ABSTRACT

From the early times Bamboo is used as a construction material. The Bamboo is used
in both technical as well as non-technical ways. Our ancestors used Bamboo in the construction
of the houses. The Bamboo was used as the struts, posts, roofs etc. in the construction of the
houses. Now a day’s concrete are used as the basic materials for the construction works. The
concrete is good in compression but weak in the tensile strength. So steel is used as
reinforcement in the concrete to achieve the tensile strength. Problems encountered with the
commonly used construction material like steel are high in cost, corrosion, etc. Due to the
advantageous characteristics of Bamboo, in the last few years, studies have been made on the
use of Bamboo as structural material and reinforcement in concrete. The main obstacle for the
application of Bamboo as a reinforcement is the lack of sufficient information about its
interaction with concrete, strength and durability.

This study presents the evaluation of the feasibility of the use of Bamboo as reinforcement in
concrete members. In this study the Bamboo was used as a reinforcing material with a
treatment.

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 LIST OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i

ABSTRACT ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iii

LIST OF FIGURES v

LIST OF TABLES vi

ABBREVIATIONS vii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 General 1
1.2 Bamboo characteristics 3
1.2.1 Selection of Bamboo 4
1.2.2 Preparation of Bamboo 5
1.3 Bamboo as a Construction Materials 6
1.4 Application of Bamboo 6
1.5 Comparison of Bamboo and Steel 7
1.6 Moisture content 7
1.7 Objective 8
1.8 Scope 8
1.9 Methodology 8
1.10 Materials used 8
1.10.1 Cement 8
1.10.2 Fine Aggregate 10
1.9.3 Coarse Aggregate 10
1.10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Bamboo 11
1.10.1 Advantages 11
1.10.2 Disadvantages 12

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Replacement of steel by Bamboo reinforcement 13

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2.2 Indian standard method of test for split bamboo 14
2.3 Mechanical strength of bamboo reinforced concrete beams 14
2.4 A study of bamboo reinforced concrete beams using different stirrup 15
2.5 Use of Bamboo in Rigid pavement material 17
2.6 Studies on bamboo as reinforcement in cement concrete 18
2.7 Research and development on bamboo reinforced concrete structure 21

2.8 comparative studies of steel, bamboo and ratten as reinforcing bars in concrete 22

2.9 Strength properties of bamboo and steel reinforced concrete 24

2.10 Cost benefit analysis of bamboo reinforcement with steel 25

2.11 Experimental study of bamboo in civil structure as reinforcement concrete 26

2.12 Investigation of bamboo as reinforcement in concrete 28

2.13 Performance of bamboo reinforced concrete beam 29

2.14 Experimental behaviour of bamboo reinforced concrete member 30

2.15 Flexural strength of laminated bamboo beam 31

2.17 Replacement of steel by bamboo reinforcement 36

2.18 Analysis of bending stresses in bamboo reinforced concrete beam 37

2.19 Bamboo sticks as a substitute of steel reinforcement in slab 38

2.20 Behaviour of beam with bamboo as reinforcement

and coconut shell as aggregate 40

2.1.1 Summary of Literature Review 40

Reference 44

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Title Page

1.1 Whole Bamboo clums 4

1.2 Applications of bamboo 6

1.3 Stress Vs Strain Curve of tensile test on Bamboo Strip 19

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 LIST OF TABLES

Figure Title Page

2.1 Specific properties of bamboo 13

2.2 Result of the tensile test 19

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 ABBREVIATIONS

FGM - Functionally Graded Materials

ASTM - The American Society for Testing and Material

TMT - Thermo Mechanically Treated Rods

YS - Yield Strength

FRP - Fibre Reinforced Polymer

GGBS - Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag

PCC - Plain Cement Concrete

BRC - Bamboo Reinforced Concrete

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