Abstract
Bamboo mesh plastered with mud was a popular walling material across the world. About 100 years ago, this system was modified by applying mortar in place of mud, revising the Ekra wall system. The houses usually have wooden battens with bamboo mesh plastered with mortar usually called an Assam type house. This technology has become common in the north-eastern part of India and now it is rapidly going towards extinction in modern-day construction. This paper presents the efforts to find out the energy absorption by Bamcrete wall panels compared to the RCC panel under bullet impact load. Three different types of panels i.e. single, twin mesh Bamcrete and RCC panel were constructed. Two types of bullet SLR 7.62 mm and INSAS 5.56 mm were used in this study. The study showed that the twin mesh Bamcrete panel absorb higher energy as compared to RCC panel.
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