Concreto reforçado com fibras de bambu (Dendrocalamus Giganteus)

Abstract

Vegetable fibers appear as an alternative to manufacture structural elements in relation to metal and synthetic fibers that have high costs, also causing pollution to the environment due to their manufacturing process. This study analyzes the results of mechanical tests of a fiber reinforced concrete of bamboo bark (Dendrocalamus Giganteus), for use in cementitious plates, obtained experimentally in cylindrical and prismatic specimens according to ABNT standards and international recommendations. Composite traces were determined by means of a pilot study, 1: 2.12: 2.88: 0.58 using the CP-IV pozzolanic cement. The experimental program consisted of a 25 MPa Fck reference concrete and three dosages corresponding to 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% by volume of bamboo fiber to the concrete mass, forming four dosages in total. After curing, according to NBR 5738 (2003), prismatic specimens were tested for flexural tensile strength according to NBR 12142 (2010) / JSCE-SF4 (1984) and cylindrical specimens to evaluate the strength. from CRB to axial compression, according to NBR 5739 (2018), to diametric compression tensile, according to NBR 7222 (2011) and static modulus of elasticity, according to NBR 8522 (2008). In the axial compression test the presence of bamboo did not provide an increase of resistance in relation to the reference concrete. However for the tensile and flexural strength, the mixing with the addition of bamboo fiber generated a strength gain of 7% and 9%, respectively, compared to the concrete without addition. It can be concluded that insertion of fiber from bamboo bark increases the tensile strength of the composite.