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through experiment which may provide the best zone-III as per IS: 383-1970 [17] and its physical
solution for such type of bricks. properties are enlisted in Table 3.
Table 1
Table 2
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2.1.6 Water
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Mortar
75
mm
230 mm
Fig. No. 3.a Curing 3.b Interlocking Brick 3.c CTM Testing
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Avg. Compressive
obtained by dividing the mass of a brick by its 10
Strength
overall volume. The shrinkage of the bricks was 14 Days
5
not measured. It may be relevant to mention that
28 Days
the cracks were not visible on these bricks with 0
naked eye after 90 days of casting. 45 50 55 60 65 90 Days
Constituent materials
Mix (Percentage)
Rati
Designatio Fly Ston San GFR Fig 2. Compressive Strength for Mix 1:11
o
n As e d P
h dust
M1 45 35 20 --
M2 55 25 20 -- Mix 1:12
1:10 M3 60 20 20 -- 8
Mix 1:10
10
Avg. Compressive Strength
8
6
4 14 Days
2
0 28 Days
40 45 50 55 60 90 Days
Percentage of Fly Ash
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Mix 1:10 GFRP
12
% Water Absorption
10
11
% Water Absorption
8
Mix 1:10 10
6
Water
4 Mix 1:11
9 Absorptio
2
Mix 1:12 n%
0 8
40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
60 65 70
% Fly Ash
Fly ash Percentage
% Fly Ash 60 65 70
Fly ash Percentage
14 Days
absorption of interlocking bricks. It is observed
5 28 Days that in general, the water absorption of bricks
90 Days
increases with the increase in fly ash content
0 replacing stone dust. On comparing interlocking
bricks with ordinary burnt clay bricks it is
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Percentage of Fly ash
bricks in the present investigation was obtained in
between 6.42 to 12.4 percent whereas the water
absorption of ordinary bricks shall not be more
Fig 6. Compressive Strength for Mix 1:10 GFRP than 20 percent by weight. Density of interlocking
bricks is shown in Fig. 5. It is observed that the
water absorption and density are closely related to
each other. The density of interlocking bricks was
found to be 7.5 to 25 percent higher than that of
the ordinary burnt clay bricks.
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