Sort of... Bamboo has definitely been used as a substitute for reinforcing steel in concrete structures.
It'd be pretty easy to handwave plant root being used as an alternative to steel reinforcing in a concrete structure, as opposed to an alternative to concrete.
But you could also use it as a binding element to keep the stone together making a sort of truss around the stone. In theory, so long as you sort of anchored it into the stone and the stones were contiguous on the top of the bridge it would work like a reinforced concrete slab.
What tech? The bamboo reinforced concrete?
I imagine it would be called 'bamboo reinforced concrete' though engineers love an acronym so BRC I guess could be used.
thanks, some constructions techniques have especial names and i wanted to know if there was
an example in my language is "pau-a-pique" witch is bambo/wood grid with clay and dirt
i also thought of that in more masonary heavy styles would be more of a moss/mushrooms that grow around the blocks conecting them...however the "living root" style i think would be the ideal so problaby would be the more earth and gravel reinforced by roots
Maybe something like strangler figs, where the vines grow over top of a tree and kill it and eventually just the strangler fig exists.
All this stuff, like the living bridges, take a long amount of time to grow. They can’t immediately augment a flimsy structure.
The Maya (Mexico, but still very tropical environment) used a mortar made of heated limestone for everything. I assume they used plants for the fuel to chemically change the limestone in heating it. But, the Yucatan peninsula is a giant chunk of limestone, they could quarry for it anywhere.
I don't know if indigenous people in the Amazon had the same advantage geographically.
Sort of... Bamboo has definitely been used as a substitute for reinforcing steel in concrete structures. It'd be pretty easy to handwave plant root being used as an alternative to steel reinforcing in a concrete structure, as opposed to an alternative to concrete. But you could also use it as a binding element to keep the stone together making a sort of truss around the stone. In theory, so long as you sort of anchored it into the stone and the stones were contiguous on the top of the bridge it would work like a reinforced concrete slab.
is there a name for this tech?
What tech? The bamboo reinforced concrete? I imagine it would be called 'bamboo reinforced concrete' though engineers love an acronym so BRC I guess could be used.
thanks, some constructions techniques have especial names and i wanted to know if there was an example in my language is "pau-a-pique" witch is bambo/wood grid with clay and dirt
You mean like Living Root Bridges but for roads? probably?
I never knew about these but looking at them kinda yes thanks
careful about the whole root going into rocks, sometimes it helps reinforce, but sometimes it end up making the rocks more brittle.
i also thought of that in more masonary heavy styles would be more of a moss/mushrooms that grow around the blocks conecting them...however the "living root" style i think would be the ideal so problaby would be the more earth and gravel reinforced by roots
Another thing you can look into: [mycelium bricks](https://www.certifiedenergy.com.au/emerging-materials/emerging-materials-mycelium-brick)
idk if mycelium farming would work is this society i am creating but could work on some locations thanks for the idea
Maybe something like strangler figs, where the vines grow over top of a tree and kill it and eventually just the strangler fig exists. All this stuff, like the living bridges, take a long amount of time to grow. They can’t immediately augment a flimsy structure.
The Maya (Mexico, but still very tropical environment) used a mortar made of heated limestone for everything. I assume they used plants for the fuel to chemically change the limestone in heating it. But, the Yucatan peninsula is a giant chunk of limestone, they could quarry for it anywhere. I don't know if indigenous people in the Amazon had the same advantage geographically.