This study is directed to the application of bamboo as alternative material in civil construction. The study also extends to discuss the new applications of bamboo Angustifolia Kunth in construction, such as shear walls and bamboo boards. The investigation involved the following tasks: (a) Evaluation of physical and mechanical properties of bamboo Angustifolia Kunth; (b) Proposing a new type of joint (connection) using culms and natural coupling assembly which can be used in bamboo frame structures. Bamboo dowels are used to create a monolithic joint to support gravitational and lateral forces efficiently; (c) Evaluating the behavior of bamboo Angustifolia Kunth through extensive laboratory work in order to determine the stresses that structural elements such as columns and beams can support under the action of gravitational and lateral external load, and then comparing with the permissible stresses given by the design and construction codes in each region; and (d) Conducting theoretical dynamic analysis of bamboo frame structures using Newmark Beta method and experimental validation to determine maximum values of acceleration, velocity and displacement. The information needed for this analysis are taken from the earthquake El Centro in California on 1940. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the use of Angustifolia Kunth bamboo for civil structures composed only of bamboo elements offer safety, are economical and offers rapid construction method. This is very suitable for tropical and semitropical places preferably at an average of 2500 meter above the sea level, and advisable if they are located around the fire belt susceptible to seismic forces and earthquakes. It may be an ideal solution for low income populations in need of an immediate housing solution. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Orientador: Antonio Ludovico Beraldo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T00:56:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Colla_WandivaldiAntonio_M.pdf: 9391362 bytes, checksum: 1630a6fd6dc211f72e9c5231cf420521 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Embora possam ser atribuídas ao bambu inúmeras possibilidades de utilização, duas grandes desvantagens são apresentadas por esse material. A primeira refere-se à baixa durabilidade natural da maioria das espécies, devido à presença de amido em suas células parenquimáticas. A outra desvantagem, não menos importante, é a tendência apresentada pelo bambu de apresentar variações dimensionais, quando exposto a mudanças de umidade e de temperatura. Na busca da minimização de tais inconvenientes, taliscas (ripas) de Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro foram coletadas de diversas partes do colmo e foram submetidas, em condições de laboratório, na ESALQ-USP, a diversas temperaturas: 140 °C, 180 °C, 220 °C, 260 °C e 300 °C. O processo de termorretificação foi realizado em ambientes de atmosfera não inerte e inerte com nitrogênio. A seguir, os corpos-de-prova foram submetidos a ensaios de caracterização físico-mecânica, buscando-se avaliar as condições ideais da termorretificação e que, ao mesmo tempo, não implicassem em redução acentuada das características originais do bambu. Os resultados obtidos permitem detectar a existência de uma faixa ótima de temperatura, de 140 ºC, 180 ºC e a 220 ºC, na qual o bambu termorretificado não perde significativamente suas características mecânicas e, ao mesmo tempo, apresenta maior estabilidade dimensional em presença da umidade / Abstract: Although several of possibilities of applications can be attributed to bamboo, two major drawbacks are presented by this material. The first ones refer to the low natural durability of most of species, due to the presence of starch in its parenchyma cells. The other ones, not least, is the trend presented by bamboo to shows dimensional changes when exposed to changes in humidity and temperature. In seeking to minimize such drawbacks, strips of Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro were collected from different parts of the stem and were submitted under laboratory conditions, at the ESALQ-USP, at different temperatures: 140 ° C, 180 ° C, 220 ° C, 260 ° C and 300 ° C. The process of thermal treatment of bamboo occurred in environments with non inert atmosphere and inert nitrogen. Specimens were tested for physical-mechanical, with the evaluation of ideal thermal treatment conditions which at the same time, did not reduces bamboo characteristics. Results obtained detected the optimal range temperature from 140 ºC, 180 ºC and the 220 ºC. Mechanical characteristics of the bamboo thermal treated were not significantly reduced. At the same time, the thermal treatment enhanced bamboo dimensional stability in presence of the humidity / Mestrado / Construções Rurais e Ambiencia / Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola