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EXPERIMENT NO-01
Objective : To determine the shape and size of the supplied brick
.
Apparatus : Scale
Material required : Bricks
Procedure :
(i) 20 bricks are taken randomly from a stack. The bricks should be rectangular in shape
with sharp edges and smooth surface.
(ii) Dimension i.e. length, breadth, &height of the bricks are measured by scale and
recorded.
(iii) For good quality bricks, the dimension of 20 bricks should be within the following
limits.
Length 3680 mm to 3920 mm
With 1740 mm to 1860 mm
Height 1740 mm to 1860 mm
Observation :
SL NO Length (mm) Breath(mm) Height(mm)
1
2
3
4
Calculation :
Sum of the length of 20 bricks = mm
Sum of the breadth of 20 bricks = mm
Sum of the height of 20 bricks = mm
Conclusion :
EXPERIMENT NO-02
Objective : To determines water absorption of brick.
Apparatus : a.Dry bricks
b.Weighing machine
Material required : Bricks
Theory
Brick for external use must be capable of preventing rain water from passing through them to the
inside of walls of reasonable thickness. A good brick should aborb water maximum 1/7 th of the
weight of the brick.
Procedure :
(i) 20 bricks are taken randomly from a stack.
(ii) The bricks are put in an oven at a temperature of 1050C for drying.
(iii) Bricks are weighed in a digital weighing machine and is record asW1
(iv) The bricks are immersed in water at room temperature for 24 hours.
(v) After 24 hours immersion, the bricks are taken out of water and wiped with a damp
cloth for 3 minutes.
(vi) The bricks are weight again and recorded as W2.
(𝑊2−𝑊1)
(vii) Water absorption in % is calculated as × 100
𝑊1
Observation :
Sl Weight W1 (Kg) Weight W2 (Kg) Water absorption in % Remarks
No
1
2
3
4
5
EXPERIMENT NO-03
Objective :To determines the compressive strength of bricks.
Apparatus :Compressive strength testing machine
Material required :Bricks, Water, Sand, Cement, Trowel
Theory
Bricks are mostly subjected to compression and tension. The usual crushing strength of common hand
moulded well burnt bricks is about 5 to 10 N/mm2 (50 to 100/kg/cm2) varying according to the nature of
preparation of the clay. Pressed and machine moulded bricks made of thoroughly pugged clay are
stronger than common hand moulded bricks from carelessly prepared clay.
Procedure :
(i) Eight bricks are taken for the compressive strength testing.
(ii) The bricks are then immersed in water at room temperature for 24 hours.
(iii) Then these are taken out of water and surplus water on the surfaces is wiped off with a moist
cloth.
(iv) The frog of the bricks is flushed level with cement mortar (1:3)
(v) The bricks are stored under damp jute bags for 24 hours followed by its immersion in water at
room temperature for three days.
(vi) The bricks are placed in the compression testing machine with flat faces horizontal and
mortar filled face being upwards.
(vii) Load is applied at a uniform rate of 14 N/ m2 per minute till failure.
Observation :
Sl Load at Average area of back Compressive Remarks
No Failure (N) faces (mm2) Strength. (N/mm2)
1
2
3
4
5
Calculation :
Average strength of bricks
