The use of non-renewable resources by the construction industry has several\nenvironmental consequences, contributing to excessive energy consumption\nand loss of materials. So, the construction sector is always in search of improvement\nand methods that innovate the existing techniques, aiming at the\nuse of alternative and sustainable materials. Bamboo is a perennial plant with\nfast growth rate and low cost that has great physical and mechanical characteristics\nthat assure its performance in the building environment. The use of\nbeams with total or partial replacement of steel by bamboo has been well studied,\ndue to the possibility of using the same design methods used in reinforced\nconcrete beams, since the bamboo-reinforced beams meet the Bernoulli-\nKirchoff bending theory. The objective of the work was to adapt a design\nprocedure into an electronic spreadsheet for bamboo reinforced concrete\nbeams subjected to four-point bending, with rectangular section, according to\nBrazilian Standard NBR 6118 (2014). The spreadsheet was tested based on\nother authors taking into consideration a steel double reinforcement. The resulting\nvalues were equivalents to those obtained by the authors, validating\nthe efficiency of the worksheet. This methodology aims to optimize the design\nprocess of beams and enable the substitution of steel by bamboo, highlighting\nthe validation, from the structural point of view, obtained by the\nauthors.
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