EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF FIRED SAND-CLAY AND GLASS POWDER-CLAY BRICKS

Mechanical behaviour of fired bricks containing varied amount fine sand (FS) and waste glass powder (GP) was investigated. FS GP were added to at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 40 wt. %. Firing done 1200 ⁰C samples produced evaluated for compressive flexural strengths while microstructural analyses 25 % GP-clay examined. Results showed that strength highest 30 GP-bricks FS-clay bricks, rose addition. Flexural peaked (3.63 MPa) wt (2.45) respectively. modulus increased progressively exponentially as proportion increased. Workdone in resisting deformation deflection during bending reduced with both additives. strain inversely related load stiffness. In conclusion, addition increasing resulted improved mechanical properties the bricks. Also, found improve response loading