Replacement of Steel by Bamboo Reinforcement

Abstract

The present paper deals with cost-wise comparison of steel reinforcement with bamboo reinforcement. The utilization of bamboo reinforcement as replacement of steel reinforcement is gaining immense importance today, mainly on account of the improvement in the economical aspect combined with ecological benefits. To study the effect of replacement of steel reinforcement by bamboo reinforcement, designs have been conducted on one way slab of size 3000 x 7000 sq-mm with providing beam of 7000 mm length and 250 x 250 sq-mm. In this paper the designs are done on the basis of shearing and bending. Based on this study of cost vs strength provided results have been discussed in the paper.