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1. BAMBOO-BUILDING
MATERIAL
PRESENTED BY
AGLAIA

2. INTRODUCTION
• Bamboo has a long and well-established tradition as a
building material through out the world’s tropical and
sub-tropical regions.
• It is widely used for many forms of construction, in
particular for housing in rural areas.
• Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource,
characterized by high strength and low weight, and is
easily worked using simple tools.

3. GENERAL USES
a) Soil stabilization, wind break, urban waste water treatment and
reduction of nitrates contamination
b) Creating a fire line in traditional forests-due to the high content
of silica.
c) Removing atmospheric carbon- bamboo can capture 17 metric
tons of carbon per hectare per year, i.e., effectively than any
other species.
d) The shoots are edible.
e) Building and construction.
f) Small scale and cottage industries, for handicrafts and other
products.
g) New generation products as wood substitutes
h) Industrial products

4. PROPERTIES
• Tensile strength
• Compressive strength
• Elastic modulus
• Anisotropic properties
• Shrinkage
• Fire resistance

5. THE WORKING OF BAMBOO
• Splitting: The cane is split in halves and quarters and then
driven apart by a wedge. It can also be split with a knife frame
into four or eight segments .

6. SHAPING
• Bamboo available in nature is usually circular
in cross section.

7. BENDING
• Freshly cut, bamboo can be bent by heating and will keep this
shape after drying.
• When heated above 150° C, bamboo starts changing its shape
and remains as such after it goes cold.

8. PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO
• Non chemical methods or traditional
method
• Chemical methods

9. BAMBOO HOUSING
• The majority of bamboo construction relates to
the rural community needs in developing
countries.
• As such domestic housing predominates and in
accordance with their rural origins, these
buildings are often simple in design and
construction relying on a living tradition of local
skills and methods.

10. ADVANTAGES OF BAMBOO
1) Light, strong and versatile.
2) Light, strong, versatile.
3) Environment friendly.
4) Accessible to the poor.
5) Self renewing resource
6) Fast growing.
7) Highly productive.

11. DISADVANTAGES OF BAMBOO
• The major disadvantages of bamboo are as
follows:
1) Requires preservation
2) Shaped by nature
3) Jointing- although many jointing techniques exist,
their structural efficiency is low.
4) Lack of design guidance and codes.
5) Prone to catch fire very fast by the friction among
the culms during wind, and is seen to cause forest
fires.

12. CONCLUSION
• Since time immemorial, bamboo has played an important role
in the development of mankind.
• It is used for a wide range of day-to-day purposes, both as a
woody material and as food.
• It has been the backbone of much of the world’s rural life and
will remain so as the population increases.

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