EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON STRENGTH BEHAVIOUR

OF FLYASH BRICK BY USING GLASS FIBRE

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by

S.NIVEDHA 212915103052
V.RAJASEKAR 212915103062
S.SANDHIYA 212915103071
A.VIJAY 212915103098

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
in
CIVIL ENGINEERING

ST.JOSEPH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

SRIPERUMBUDUR CHENNAI 602 117.

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025 OCTOBER 2018

 BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report “EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON

STRENGTH BEHAVIOUR OF FLYASH BRICK BY USING GLASS
FIBRE” is the bonafide work of “S.NIVEDHA (212915103052)”,
“V.RAJASHEKAR(212915103062)”, “S.SANDHIYA (212915103071)”,
“A.VIJAY (212915103098)” who carried out the project work under my
supervision during the academic year 2018-2019.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
Prof. R.BATHRINARAYANAN, M.E. Mr. J.GLADSON M.E.
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
Department Of Civil Engineering Assistant Professor
ST.JOSEPH COLLEGE Department Of Civil Engineering
OF ENGINEERING ST.JOSEPH COLLEGE
CHENNAI 602 117. OF ENGINEERING
CHENNAI 602 117.

Submitted for the VIVA-VOCE examination held on ______________ at

ST.JOSEPH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Sriperumbudur, Chennai 602 117.

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am very grateful and gifted in taking up this opportunity to thank

the LORD Almighty for showering his unlimited blessings upon me.

I take this occasion to express my respect and thanks to

Rev.Fr.Dr.J.E.ArulRaj founder and chairman and
Rev.Sr.S.Gnanaselvam-DMI, Managing trustee, Rev.Fr. Xavier Manoj-
MMI, Administrator and Rev.Fr. Savaraiappan- MMI, Administrator for
facilitating in this esteemed institution.

I wish to eloquent my genuine thanks to Dr.T.Ahilan,M.E.Ph.D,

Principal for this support and guidance.

I express my deep sense of gratitude to Head of the department

Mr.R.Bathrinarayanan,M.E, for his scintillating discussions and
encouragement towards my project work.

I am extremely delighted to thank our guide

Mr.J.GLADSON,M.E.,for his excellent guidance and cooperation during
the project work.

It is pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to all the staff

members of my department who aided me ingeniously to bring project as
effective one.

I thank my family members and friends for their honourable support

 ABSTRACT
In this work development of high strength and economical fly-
ash bricks is carried out. It is also necessary to utilize some other
material like Fly ash, lime, sand, kheda dust, glass fibre for the
manufacturing of the brick. The fly ash of ‘F’ category is used as a
raw material for making fly ash bricks. The combination of fibre fly
ash brick have different percentage of the Glass fibre adding such as
0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%. In the testing of the fibre fly ash brick, there
are two main types of the testing which are to be done to find out the
compressive strength and water absorption test after 7, 14, 21days. In
this we are going to show the high strength of fly ash brick by using
glass fibre through a comparatively in conventional bricks.

The huge demand from housing industry due to the more

population explosion has entailed the need for sustainability to
building materials especially bricks. Researchers have tried to use
FA, GGBS, rice husk ash, lime stone dust, welding flux slag and
other waste products into bricks so as to improve its sustainability.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE

NO NO

ABSTRACT i

TABLE OF CONTENTS ii

LIST OF TABLES iii

LIST OF FIGURES iv

LIST OF SYMBOLS v

LIST OF GRAPHS vi

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 HISTORY 3
1.3 ADVANTAGE 4
1.4 USES OF BRICKS 5
1.5 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
OF BRICKS 5
1.6 NEED FOR THE STUDY 6
1.7 AIM 7
1.8 OBJECTIVES 7

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 GENERAL 8
2.2 LITERATURE SURVEY 8
2.3 PRESENT WORK 13
3. METHODOLOGY
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 3.1 GENERAL 15

3.2METHODOLOGY 15

4. MATERIAL INVESTIGATION
4.1 GENERAL 16

4.2 MATERIAL USED FOR

CASTING BRICKS 16

4.2.1 FLY ASH 16

4.2.2 LIME 18

4.2.3 SAND 20

4.2.4 QUARRY DUST 20

4.2.5 GLASS FIBRE 21

4.2.6 WATER 23

5. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

5.1 GENERAL 24

5.2 PROCEDURE FOR MAKING

BRICKS 24

5.2.1 CASTING OF BRICKS 24

5.2.2 WEIGHING OF MATERIALS 25

5.2.3 MIXING OF MATERIALS 25

5.2.4 CASTING OF MOULDING 26

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 5.2.5 CURING OF BRICK SPECIMEN 26

5.2.6 TEST ON BRICKS 27

5.2.7 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

TEST 28

5.2.8 ABSORPTION TEST 29

5.2.9 HARDNESS TEST 30

5.2.10 SHAPE AND SIZE TEST 30

5.2.11 COLOUR TEST 31

5.2.12 SOUNDNESS TEST 32

5.2.13 EFFLORESCENCE TEST 32

6. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

6.1 GENERAL 34

6.2 CALCULATION 34

6.3 TEST DISCUSSION 38

7. CONCLUSION 39

REFERENCE 40

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE PAGE NO

1.1 Materials and Cost 7

4.1 Properties of Fly ash 18

4.2 Properties of Sand 20

4.3 Properties of Glass fibre 22

6.1 Compression Test 36

6.2 Absorption Test 37

6.3 Test Result 38

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 LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO TITLE PAGE NO
1.1 Fly ash Brick 3
4.1 Fly ash 17
4.2 Lime 19
4.3 Sand 20
4.4 Quarry dust 21
4.5 Glass fibre 22
5.1 Brick mould 24
5.2 Weighing of Materials 25
5.3(a) Mixing of Materials (Dry state) 25
5.3(b) Mixing of Materials (Wet state) 25
5.4 Moulding of brick 26
5.5 Curing of brick 27
5.6 Placing of brick in Testing Machine 28
5.7 Breaking of brick 29
5.8 Absorption Test 29
5.9 Hardness Test 30
5.10 Shape & Size Test 31
5.11 Colour Test 31
5.12 Soundness Test 32
5.13 Efflorescence Test 33

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 LIST OF ABBREVATIONS AND SYMBOLS

S. N0 SYMBOLS ABBREVATIONS

1. KN Kilo Newton

2. N/mm2 Newton per Square

Millimeter

3. Kg Kilogram

4. mm Millimeter

5. m Meter

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 LIST OF GRAPHS

S.NO TITLE PAGE NO

1. 6.1 Compression Test 36

2. 6.2 Absorption Test 37

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