PROPERTIES OF FAL-G MASONRY BLOCKS

Jayasudha R K, Radhakrishna, Niranjan P S

Abstract: Fly ash, Lime and gypsum are industrial wastes generated in millions of tones every year. Utilization of these materials is effective way of disposing the pollutants. In this research fly ash, lime, and gypsum were used in definite proportion along with quarry dust to produce FaL-G blocks. These blocks were tested for compressive strength, water absorption, IRA, density, flexure and modulus of elasticity. Masonry prisms were constructed using FaL-G blocks to determine shear bond strength, flexural bond strength, low rise masonry shear, modulus of elasticity, compressive strength and masonry efficiency. It was found that FaL-G masonry blocks can replace conventional masonry units

Keywords: Fly ash, Lime, Gypsum, FaL-G, Flexure bond strength, Shear bond strength and Masonry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0213072