Numerical Analysis of a Dendrocalamus Sustainable Bamboo Warehouse

Resumo

The concern of the paper is a numerical comparison between a steel warehouse and a bamboo ware-
house using its natural geometry, both designed for industrial storage. This analysis was performed considering an

existing steel warehouse in Brasilia, modeled using the Finite Element Method (FEM). To demonstrate how the
bamboo would fare against a traditional material, another FE model was considered changing steel elements with

sustainable bamboo elements. The results presented in the paper are in perfect agreement with the Brazilian stan-
dards and obtained satisfactory load carrying capacity. Based on the analysis, the sustainable bamboo warehouse

proved to be lighter and cheaper than the real steel warehouse counterpart with equal load carrying capacity.