Use of Kadappa Waste as a Resource Material for Building Construction
V.G. Kalpana1, Aravind B2, P. Eswaramoorthi3
1V.G. Kalpana, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (TamilNadu), India.
2Aravind B, PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (TamilNadu), India.
3P. Eswaramoorthi, PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (TamilNadu), India.
Manuscript received on 10 December 2018 | Revised Manuscript received on 17 December 2018 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2018 | PP: 340-344 | Volume-8 Issue- 2S December 2018 | Retrieval Number: BS2661128218/19©BEIESP
Open Access | Editorial and Publishing Policies | Cite | Mendeley | Indexing and Abstracting
© The Authors. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP). This is an open-access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Abstract: The burnt clay brick is a longstanding building material for house construction. The raw material for the production of burnt clay is top soil which is removed from agricultural land and natural landscapes. This process paves way for the depletion of the soil nutrient content and moisture content as well as destabilizes the soil. Also the emission of greenhouse gases during burning of bricks affects the environment. To evade these problems, researchers attempted to establish an alternative green material named Fly ash bricks which utilizes the waste from thermal plants for its production. In addition to the innovation of fly ash bricks, an attempt has been made to utilize the kadappa stone waste as an ingredient in fly ash bricks for construction works. This study focuses on the effect on utilization of kadappa waste as an ingredient for manufacturing a building material. Experimental work is carried out on kadappa fly-ash bricks comprised of different proportions of kadappa stone waste, fly-ash and lime and the comparative study is made to fine the optimum mix proportion.
Keywords: Kadappa Waste; Fly Ash; Lime; Kadappa Fly – Ash Bricks.
Scope of the Article: Computational Techniques in Civil Engineering