**2.4. Data analysis**

The data analyzed to determine whether the simple houses were livable or not are as follows:

concrete block for wall system in Indonesia under compressive test. The concrete block wall

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The bamboo tensile strength was obtained at the laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering

It can be seen from **Table 1** that the average yield strength was 129.17 MPa and the average elongation was 8.99%. The results were used to analyze the nominal flexural strength or the nominal moment of the bamboo reinforced concrete. Viewed from the tensile strength, it can be stated that bamboo can be used as an alternative concrete reinforcement, especially the

Three concrete cylinders were tested in order to identity the concrete strength. The diameter of each cylinder was 150 mm and the height was 300 mm. The results were that the compressive

used to apply as a typical masonry wall in semimodern residential houses.

Department of Udayana University, as shown in **Figure 7** [22] and **Table 1** [22].

*3.1.3. Result of the bamboo tensile strength test*

*3.1.4. The result of compressive strength of concrete cylinder*

**Figure 7.** The bamboo was tested until it was Fracture [21].

**Table 1.** The result of the bamboo tensile strength test.

**0.2 Y.S. Yield strength Rupture strength Elongation** (MPa) (MPa) (MPa) (%) 130.67 130.67 180.00 8.865 127.67 127.67 201.00 9.128

light and moderate structure.

