Valorization of Stabilized River Sediments in Self Compacting Materials

This article presents a study of the valorization of polluted rivers sediments after treatment by stabilization. The paper is divided into three parts. The first part presents the process of treatment, which was selected to stabilize organic and inorganic pollutants present in sediments. The second part deals with the experimental campaign and methodology adopted in this study. The third part is devoted to the study and analysis of the main results of valorization of treated sediments included in the composition of a self-compacting material intended for backfill trenches. Several formulations with different ratio of sediments, sand, cement and lime were investigated. The keys parameters determined were the immediate bearing capacity ratio and the compressive strength at 28 days. 75% of treated sediments, 25% of sand, 2% of cement and 4% of lime constitutes the formulation, which was selected.