Experimental Study on Bamboo Reinforcement in Retaining Wall

A retaining wall is a structure designed and constructed to resist the lateral earth pressure of soil. These walls are used in a variety of applications including right-of-way restrictions, protection of existing structures that must remain in place, grade separations, new highway embankment construction, roadway widening, stabilization of slopes, protection of environmentally sensitive areas, staging, and temporary support including excavation or underwater construction support, etc Recently, in the attention in response to global warming issues and sustainable society, the manufacturing using natural materials has become actively. In the developing countries expected to contribute significantly to earthquake-resistant construction and seismic retrofit technology because bamboo is low cost, fast growing, and broad distribution of growth. In this project bamboo as used facing and reinforcement in retaining wall. This project investigates the load – deflection behavior of with and without reinforcement in retaining wall with different spacing.