Macroporosity measurement by fractal analysis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 234, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 593-603

  Hildgen, P ^a   Nekka, F ^a   Hildgen, F ^b   McMullen, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Box counting method; Fractal dimension; Heterogeneous solid; Porosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FRACTALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BOX COUNTING METHOD; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HETEROGENEOUS SOLIDS;

POROSITY;

EID: 0043131780     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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