Automated determination of the distribution of local void ratio from digital images

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Frost, J David ^a   Kuo, Chun Yi ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabric; Granular materials; Image analysis; Local void ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TESTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SOIL TESTING; TEXTURES;

DIGITAL IMAGES; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL VOID RATIO DISTRIBUTION; POLYGON NETWORK GENERATION; REAL IMAGES; SYNTHETIC IMAGES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0030172818     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/gtj10334j     Document Type: Article

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