Experimental study of mechanical behavior of bamboo-steel composite floor slabs

In order to widen the applied range of bamboo and implement the diversification of component materials and forms in building structures, this paper forwards a new kind of bamboo-based composite slabs, which sticks bamboo plywood and profiled steel sheet together into bamboo-steel composite floor slabs by structural glue, and takes a series of experimental studies on the new kind of composite slabs. Taking thickness of the bamboo plywood and profiled steel in the core and the span of slabs as parameters, mechanical properties are tested on 6 pieces of the composite slabs. The results of experiments indicate that the service behavior as a whole of the bamboo-steel slabs is fine; there is excellent composite effect between bamboo plywood and profiled steel sheet to provide upper bearing capacity and stiffness; the mechanical properties of the composite slabs can meet the requirement of building floor slabs.