Strength of Bamboo Structure

August 31, 2010 | Posted by HomeZooka.com

The following home trend post, have a title ‘Strength of Bamboo Structure‘. The existence of bamboo such dilemma. Low consumer demand led to the architect / industries are not expanding. A result there is no development of the bamboo so it is not interesting so that people do not like it. Finally, local materials such as bamboo increasingly marginalized position. This is certainly sad, considering the supply of bamboo in Indonesia is very abundant, but we are still not optimal in use. From various research, bamboo structures proved to have many advantages. Tough and elastic fiber is very good in the weight (either press load / tensile, shear, and bending). One of the renowned faculty of Forestry revealed the fact that the compressive strength of bamboo (a quality) is the same with wood, even better than the tensile strength of wood. Even with these strengths, certain types of bamboo can replace steel as concrete reinforcement.

Lightweight and Earthquake Resistant
One of the famous architect who developed the bamboo construction, stating that we need not hesitate to use bamboo as a structural building material. Bamboo have material new project completed was the architect famous for Community Learning Center building. Building structure is entirely made of three bamboo species, namely bamboo petung / Betung, legi bamboo, and bamboo rope / apus. The three types are used for different purposes. For the main column, for example, he uses the kind of Betung diameter 16 cm. Another bamboo project he designed is also constructed of bamboo-building. In the design of bamboo construction, the architect famous for the use bolts 12 mm and roofed to connect each bamboo. Connection with this bolt looks neat and clean so that the construction of bamboo look nicer (the famous architect is really letting exposed). To install the bolt, bamboo drilled first, and then bolts were inserted into the bamboo and myrrh. He then gave a tip, “Put the nuts not too hard so that bamboo is not broken.” Unlike wood, bamboo makes the existence of voids in requiring special care not to break easily. Creating a connection with bolts that are not rigid construction so resistant to earthquakes (because the construction will move following the earthquake vibration direction). It’s still coupled with its light weight so the overall weight of the structure is not large. This is another advantage of the bamboo construction. The same is done by a craftsman of bamboo (bamboo house producer). In building a bamboo house, he implemented a connection that is not rigid, ie, using a combination of nails / pegs tied bamboo palm. With specific binding techniques, palm fiber connection is very good to tie the bamboo structure. The famous architect is also used in some parts of palm fiber connection. He said the good ties in the weight-bearing palm sideways. Roofed addition, also use rattan as binding connection. However, because it is not as strong as palm, the rattan ties are only used in the interior.

Floor surfaces must be elevated
Because the lightweight, bamboo construction simply use a local foundation of brick or concrete. To avoid decomposition, the bottom of a bamboo structure should not be in direct contact with soil. Therefore, the bottom of a bamboo structure must be given to the foundation, such as concrete. If you want to use a bamboo floor, the floor surface must be lifted (at least 40-50 cm from the ground) and therefore usually like this form of building construction stage.

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