Effect of Steel Hose Clamp Stiffeners on the Load-Carrying Capacity of Bamboo Members
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 28, Issue 4
Abstract
The high strength of bamboo material cannot be fully utilized due to the failure of bamboo culm before reaching the ultimate strength values. This study focuses on the prevention of different failures caused due to shear, bearing (dowel embedment), and pull-out (tension) of bamboo culms. Bamboo culms are strengthened with hose clamps and adhesively bonded hose clamps, and the performance of the strengthened bamboo culms in terms of the load-carrying capacity and type of failure is evaluated. An experimental investigation was carried out on Bambusa balcooa bamboo species predominant in the Indian subcontinent, and a finite-element (FE) modeling procedure is presented for the same using ABAQUS software. It is found that hose clamps enhance the load-carrying capacity of bamboo culms by 10.19%, 32.57%, and 17.88% in shear, dowel bearing, and pull-out, respectively. Whereas, hose clamps that are adhesively bonded delayed splitting and increase the culm’s load-bearing capacity by 34.27%, 78.24%, and 51.08% in shear, dowel bearing, and pull-out, respectively, before failure. Using the validated FE models, a parametric study was carried out to study the influence of clamp thickness and clamp width on the load-carrying capacity and the failure modes of the specimens.
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Volume 28 • Issue 4 • November 2023
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Received: Mar 27, 2023
Accepted: Jun 21, 2023
Published online: Aug 10, 2023
Published in print: Nov 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Jan 10, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Adhesives
- Analysis (by type)
- Bonding
- Construction engineering
- Construction methods
- Dowels
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Equipment and machinery
- Failure analysis
- Fastening
- Finite element method
- Foundation design
- Foundations
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Load bearing capacity
- Materials engineering
- Materials processing
- Methodology (by type)
- Numerical methods
- Pullout behavior
- Soil dynamics
- Soil mechanics
- Uplifting behavior
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