BAMBOO – CHANGING LIVES

PRESENTED BY:

BHANU PRATAP

CIVIL ENGINEERING

FINAL YEAR

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Tribe – Bambuseae

Family – Gramineae

About 60 to 70 genera and 1200 to 1500 species in world.

Half of these species grow in Asia.

136 species in India.

An Introduction to Bamboo

Rhizome

The Rhizome spreads horizontally beneath the soil and produces both roots and shoots from its nodes.

Culms

Nodes

Sheath

Interesting Facts About Bamboo

Uses of Bamboo

Eco-friendly Products

Household things

Bamboo Flooring

Bamboo Fence

Bamboo Footbridges

What is This ?

Bamboo Lamps

Bamboo In Construction Industry

Strength

Flexibility

Earthquake Resistance

Lightweight

Cost Effective

Rate of construction per sq.foot in INR

1200

500

Concrete Bamboo

Durability

Concrete structure Wood structure Bamboo structure0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Energy consumption during con-struction

Protection of Bamboo

Borax-Boric acid preservation Treatment

Borax-Boric acid preservation Treatment

What Remain after acid Treatment ?

Neem Seed oil Treatment

Longitudinally Radially Tangentially

3.78

28.89

6.07

86.3989.21

66.85

Soaked bamboo samples at room temperature for 24 hoursSoaked bamboo samples at 60°C for 4 hours

SHRINKAGE REDUCTION

Bamboo Foundations

Single Post Footing Strip Footing

Bamboo Piles

A sustainable house in Thiruvananthapuram

WOVEN BAMBOO

WALL

VERTICAL HALVED CULMS

BAJAREQUE

WHOLE BAMBOO CULMS WATTLE AND

DAUB

Bamboo Walls

BAMBOO AS REINFORCEMENT

Property Value

Density 0.5 – 0.9 gm/cc

Compressive Strength 53 – 100 MPa

Tensile Strength 111 – 219 MPa

Bending Strength 86 – 229 MPa

Bending Elasticity 6882 – 20890 MPa

Mechanical Properties

Age Factor

Reinforcement in Beams

Bamboo Reinforced columns

Concrete Slabs with Bamboo Shutters

Limitations and drawbacks

Jointing Techniques

Lack of design guidance

Flammability

Inside the Great Wall House, China. Bamboo ceilings, bamboo walls.

Bamboo walls made from the center slice (cross section) of giant bamboo by Ibuku, Indonesia

Children's Activity and Education Center on Koh-Kood, Thailand by 24H Architects of the Netherlands.

The Kid's Den is in the shape of a manta-ray, and is made of local Thai bamboo. It seems about ready to fly into the bay.

References[1] Literature review on bamboo By M Ahmad.[2] www.authorstream.com Introduction by Dr. PN Mishra[3] www.bamboohouseindia.org and www.greenlivelihoods.org, Hyderabad[4] Blog.builddirect.com[5] Inspirationgreen.com[6] Bamboo in construction by D.L Jayanetti and P.H Follett.[7] Bamboo construction By NICHOLAS SOCRATES.[8] Bamboo design and construction in Philippines.[10] Bamboo as reinforcement in structural concrete elements by Khosrow Ghavami. [11] Performance Evaluation of Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Beam by M. M. Rahman, M. H. Rashid, M. A. Hossain*, M. T. Hasan and M. K. Hasan

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