Potencialidade do bambu como material de construção civil

Abstract

Bamboo, due to its morphology, has a useful characteristic for civil engineering in complementing or replacing its own material materials, such as wood, concrete, steel, bricks and others, which in turn impact the environment due to the generation of non-debris biodegradable and due to the processes of obtaining materials. The question of how to reduce part of the negative externalities caused by the use of materials in construction boosted the research and made bamboo the theme of focus. The main objective of this work is to evaluate the potential of bamboo as a building material, through a good analysis of its physical, composite and mechanical properties, the main species used in civil construction, thus seeking to expand its use as a building material. In view of this, the present research assumes the qualitative and quantitative method, methodology will employ bibliographic studies. The Bamboo showed to have a great potential, being able to be applied to the most different constructive systems, being the same a viable alternative, in comparison with other conventional materials used nowadays.