Feasibility of Using Palmyrah Strips as Reinforcing Material in Cost Effective Houses

Table 7

Calculated moment capacities of slabs and beams.

	Experimental moment capacity; (kNm); Me	Theoretical moment capacity (kNm); Mt		Me/Mt𝑐	Me/Mt𝑝
		Based on concrete section alone Mt𝑐	Including Palmyrah bars in tension Mt𝑝
Slab 1	1.826	1.49	1.7	1.225	1.074
Slab 2	4.53	1.546	2.65	2.93	1.709
Beam 1	2	1.3	—
Beam 2	5.43	1.27	2.58	4.275	2.1
Beam 3	5.56	1.25	3.79	4.448	1.467
Beam 4	6.75	1.25	5	5.4	1.35