Reuse of harbour and river dredged sediments in adobe bricks

Dredged sediments from ports and rivers are treated as waste material. The disposal of has environmental concerns requires financial resources. reuse in building material such adobe bricks can provide an alternate solution to valorize handle this Adobe eco-friendly construction materials manufactured with clayey soil fibers. Natural fibers addition improves mechanical thermal characteristics bricks. In research, a pilot study was conducted manufacture harbor dredged replicate the procedure for river sediments. Harbor were taken Dunkirk port, France. physical chemical these analyzed. Sediments suitability grains size Atterberg limit discussed different approaches. Bricks by mixing saturated hemp shiv at content. mixed mortar mixer molded into specimens 4*4*16 cm3. Dynamic compaction opted compact Drying done oven 40 °C. Finally, mixing, molding procedures derived problems encountered during discussed. implemented on Usumacinta River make palm oil flower (POFl). Characteristics found use Palm flowers cut knife mill grid-2 cm grid-3 cm. manufacturing process repeated Laboratory scale testing port allows observe valorization perspectives. study, properties both tensile strength, toughness distribution inside studied compared.