TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract i
Declaration ii
Table of Contents iii
List of Figures v
List of Tables vi

Page No.
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 NEED OF STUDY
1.3 OBJECTIVE 2
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 3

3. MATERIAL USED 6
3.1 FLY ASH 6
3.2 GRANITE DUST 7
3.3 IRONITE 7
3.4 CEMENT 7
4. METHODOLOGY 9
4.1 PREPARATION OF COMPOSITE BRICKS 9
4.2 MIX PROPORTION 10
4.3 MIXING 11
4.4 CASTING 12
4.5 CURING 13
4.6 TESTS ON COMPOSITE BRICKS 14
4.6.1 Compressive Strength Test 14
4.6.2 Water Absorption Test 15
4.6.3 Efflorescence Test 16
4.6.4 Hardness Test 18

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5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 19

5.1 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH 19

5.1.1 Comparison of Overall Compressive Test Results 22
5.2 WATER ABSORPTION 23
5.3 EFFLORESCENSE TEST 24
5.4 HARDNESS TEST 25
6. CONCLUSION 26

REFERENCE 27

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 LIST OF FIGURE

Fig. Title Page

No. No.
3.1 Particle Size Distribution Curve of Fly ash 6
3.2 Fly ash 6
3.3 Granite dust 6
3.4 Ironite 6
3.5 Cement 7
4.1 Flowchart of Composite Brick Manufacturing Process 10
4.2 Mixing 12
4.3 Mould 12
4.4 Vibropressing 13
4.5 Curing 13
4.6 Compressive Strength Test 15
4.7 Water Absorption Test 16
4.8 Efflorscence Test 17
5.4 Variation of Compressive Strength at 7 days 20
5.5 Variation of Compressive Strength composite brick at day 14 21
5.6 Variation of Compressive Strength composite brick at day 28 22
5.7 Comparison of compressive strength of composite brick at 7, 23
14, 28 days
5.11 Comparison of water absorption at 28 day 24

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table Title Page

No. No.
4.1 Mix Proportions for Composite Brick in % 10
4.2 Mix Proportions for Composite Brick in kg 10
4.3 Details of Number of Specimens Casted 11
5.1 Test Results of Materials 19
5.2 Compressive strength of composite brick at 7 days curing 20
5.3 Compressive strength of composite brick at 14 days curing 21
5.4 Compressive strength of composite brick at 28 days curing 22
5.5 Compressive Strength of Composite bricks at 7, 14 &28 days 23
5.6 Water absorption of composite brick in 28 days 24
5.7 Test results of Efflorescense 25
5.8 Test results of Hardness 25

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