<Original Papers>Fundamental Study on Chemical Resistivity of Bamboo

Abstract

publisher[Synopsis] Recently, in the attention in response to global warming issues and sustainable society, the manufacturing using natural materials has become actively. Bamboo, low cost, fast growing, and broad distribution of growth, is expected to contribute significantly to earthquake-resistant construction and seismic retrofit technology in developing countries. The authors also have been studied for understanding the mechanical behavior of bamboo reinforced concrete members and clarifying the differences of structural properties from steel reinforced concrete and bamboo reinforced concrete. A study of the feasibility of using bamboo and non-steel as the reinforcing material in concrete members was conducted in our laboratory. This paper deals with the effect of the corrosion of bamboo. The cross sectional area and the tensile strength filled with cement paste cured w/c=50% and 100% significantly are changed up and down with aging time. However, one year later, the cross sectional area and tensile strength are coming back to the state before