Fractal analysis of the roughness and size distribution of granular materials

Engineering Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 231-244

  Hyslip, James P ^a   Vallejo, Luis E ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Area perimeter method; Divider method; Fractal dimension; Fractal geometry; Fractals; Fragmentation; Scale invariance; Slit island method

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AREA PERIMETER METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; KORCAK'S FRAGMENTATION THEORY; SCALE INVARIANCE; SLIT ISLAND METHOD;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 0031429740     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(97)00046-x     Document Type: Article

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