Effect of Stiffener Braces on Behaviour of Bamboo Bridge

This study aims to assess the structural, environmental, and economic implications of integrating bamboo into the design of deployable pedestrian bridges. The unique deployability requirement of such bridges, necessitating easy transportation, assembly, and disassembly, adds complexity but offers suitability for temporary or emergency use. The paper presents a comparative analysis of deployable pedestrian bridges constructed with different geometrical bamboo decks for six distinct cases abbreviated from Case BC1 to Case BC6. Objective is to study the effect of deck geometry on deflection of pedestrian deployable bamboo foot bridge. The study concludes with recommendations, noting that geometry plays an important role when using deployable bridge. Case BC6 is efficient in displacement but BC4 i.e. when using bamboo with triple longitudinal support observed to be most efficient when compared to other geometry cases for all parameters and should be recommended that the behaviour of bridge as per usage, always use bamboo with triple longitudinal support i.e. case BC4.