Abstract: This study presents the evaluation of the feasibility of the use of bamboo as a potential reinforcement in concrete structural members. An experimental work was conducted to determine the structural performance of two way slabs reinforced with bamboo. Four types of RC slabs which consist of 2 specimens for each type were tested by central concentric loading test. These include two slabs reinforced with mild steel and other six slabs reinforced with triangular, square and circular cross-section of bamboo. . All the bamboo samples used in this study were collected from three-four years old tree. Among them the stress-strain curve of all samples were studied to find out Modulus of Elasticity and Yield Strength using Offset Method. There was an indication that the fracture points of the tensile samples containing nodes occurred at the nodes.

Keywords: Bamboo reinforcement, Flexural strength, Mild steel, Two way slab.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.8402