Comparative study of conventional bricks with Padobe

Abstract

In this study the properties of conventional brick compared with the brick made with Padobe. Padobe is a mixture of clay, paper pulp and water. Here we have added GGBS into this mixture. A composite material of the brick that having moderate physical and mechanical characteristics, which mainly helps the business industry like as construction. The addition of paper pulp and GGBS in clay helps in the reduction of environmental issues and cost of construction. Paper pulp is kept as constant and the other materials like clay and GGBS is done with various proportions such as 70:20:10, 60:3:10, 50:40:10 and 40:50:10. An experimental study has been conducted for optimize the mix of Padobe depending on the compressive strength.