Sustainable and innovative construction materials

Bio-based olive-kernel aggregate mortars and fabric-reinforced cementitious composites.

Experimental and microstructural evidence from bio-based mortars and fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites.

Olive-kernel aggregate used in the mortar formulations.

Hemp and sisal fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix specimens in tensile tests.

Flexural test setup for the olive-kernel aggregate mortars.

Compressive test setup for the olive-kernel aggregate mortars.

Dynamic vapour sorption apparatus and sample detail.

SEM image of olive-kernel aggregate mortar.

XRD diffractogram of fresh and recovered olive-kernel particles.