Bamboo Fiber Commodity in Bali - Reinforced-Composite for Sokasi Craftto Increase The Tourism Products

摘要

This study aims at improving community’s prosperity and developing economy in rural communityarea especially of thosewith low income. The purposes of the study are elaborated as follows: (1)to identify the natural potential fiber which has not been used to substitute glass fiber and (2) tocreate environment friendly fiber to substituteglass fiber. The research suggested in this study isto engineer material from bamboo fiber to increase commodity of tourism products in Bali byproducing a craft productwhich is this case is sokasi (Balinese traditional basket). Methodologyused in the product development (natural fiber) was prototyping. Need analysis and data collectionwere conducted through interview, documents, field observations, and literature review. The resultof the study and the implementation conducted by the research team had createdsokasi (Balinesetraditional market)which was made of bamboo fiber material. Bamboo fiber-reinforced-polymercomposite at reinforcement volume fractionof2.5% has characteristic value which is very closeto the ideal value with tensile strength 38.57 MPa, elasticity modulus 1326.92 MPa, and density1.203 gram/ml.