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Fly ash is generated in large quantities especially by thermal power plants. The worldwide agricultural footprint is fast growing, with vast agricultural land cultivation and active expansion of the agro-based industry. The resulting large quantities of agricultural wastes, unfortunately, are not always well managed or utilised. These wastes can be recycled, such as by retrieving fibres from disposed leaves and fruit bunches, and then incorporated in brick-making. This way the fly ash bricks are made a 'greener' building material and the discarded natural wastes can be reutilised, avoiding otherwise wasteful landfill and harmful open incineration. The aim of the present study is to investigate the strength and water absorption of fly ash bricks made of fibre, and fly ash. This study examined the physical and mechanical properties of fly ash bricks made by adding natural fibre to a fly ash-water mixture. The fibre was sourced from coir fibre added within the range of 0.2-0.8 %. In the present study, 4 different mixes of fibre fly ash bricks are tested for parameters like: crushing strength, weight, water absorption and cost.

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Kepsi K, Kokilaveni S, Vidya malar G, & Gowtham S K. (2017). An experimental study on utilization aspects of coir fibre in fly ash bricks . International Journal of Intellectual Advancements and Research in Engineering Computations, 5(1), 1003–1007. Retrieved from https://ijiarec.com/ijiarec/article/view/1630