| Summary: | [EN] This document attempts to explain the possibilities of bamboo as a building material. Bamboo is a plant distributed throughout the world, except Europe and Antarctica. It is a plant of rapid growth, so its use is favoured to be able to have very low short shifts. Its use as a building material is an environmental advantage because we are replacing steel and concrete (materials with high energy costs) for a renewable and sustainable material. Bamboo is an excellent fixative atmospheric carbon, thereby helping to mitigate climate change. As for the mechanical properties, tests and studies have verified that it is an ideal competitor of wood, being higher in some of his qualities. However, the main disadvantage is related with the design of unions between elements, joints tend to crack. The key objective of the present final degree is setting the structural ability of bamboo within the constructive typologies that nowadays are used in structural wood. The contents of the work are organized, firstly, from the study of the mechanical skills of bamboo. Secondly, general aspects of bamboo construction together with environmental implications are described. The outstanding structural design performed with bamboo worldwide are analysed. Also, bamboo works at national scale are evaluated drawing the attention into its growing interest and future use. From the analysis of the previous state of the art, a particular bamboo structure is designed performing its structural verification in terms of stability and safety. The same basic structure is performed with solid wood with the aim of comparing the results between both materials. Finally, the comparative study provides setting some conclusions and recommendations regarding the potential use of bamboo as a structural material in geographical areas away from the production areas. TFGM [ES] Este trabajo trata de exponer y dar a conocer las posibilidades del bambú como material de construcción. El bambú es una planta de distribuida a lo largo y ancho del planeta, a ...
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