ENHANCEMENT OF BRICKS BY INCORPORATION OF NANOMATERIAL

The most of the building material for construction of houses is the normal brick. The rapid growth in today’s construction industry has obliged the civil engineers in searching for more efficient and durable alternatives far beyond the limitations of the conventional brick production. Although the use of fly ash has many advantages, its low hydration at early stage causes the strength to be low. In this study, the experimental investigation was carried out to find the optimum mix percentage of flyash brick. This paper presents the experimental investigation of Fly Ash Bricks using nanoclay as a replacement material. The nanoclay is used in the bricks with 10% and 20% mixes respectively. However the brick specimen of size 230mm x 110mm x 90mm were casted. The specimen was casted and compressive strength test was carried out. To find the material property, consistency test, fineness, hardness, soundness, efflorescence, water absorption tests were conducted.