• Vignesh Bharathi.S
• M. Shankar Ananth
• P. Viswanathan
• J. Syed Munir

This experimental study was carried out to investigate the significance of clay soil bricks mixed with cow dung and fly ash to obtain a sustainable and ecofriendly building material. Burnt clay brick is one of the major and widely used building materials for construction around the world. The manufacturing of burnt clay bricks using waste materials can minimize the environmental overburden caused by waste deposition on open landfills and would also improve the brick performance at low production cost leading to more sustainable construction. Wastes utilization would not only be economical, but may also help to create a sustainable and pollution free environment. The method of producing traditional bricks from kiln is costly and induces pollution. Hence, in this work waste substance such as cow dung and fly ash is added as a replacement material for clay soil. Cow dung is used to manufacture eco-friendly bricks in some parts of the world. Fly ash is used as stabilizer which can give more compressive strength to the brick. Based on trial and error method replacement of waste substances was done. The bricks obtained by this process behaved similar to traditional bricks.

Fly ash, Cow dung, ecofriendly, sustainable, stabilizer and compressive strength

"AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ECO FRIENDLY BRICKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.415-418, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904H70.pdf

"AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ECO FRIENDLY BRICKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp415-418, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904H70.pdf