Quantitative characterisation of the geometry of discrete particles

Geotechnique

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 619-627

  Sukumaran, B ^a   Ashmawy, A K ^b  

^a Rowan University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angularity; Image analysis; Microscopy; Particle geometry; Sands; Shape

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE PARTICLES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SAND; SHAPE; VOID RATIO;

EID: 0035467323     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2001.51.7.619     Document Type: Article

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