Magnification effects on the interpretation of SEM images of expansive soils

Engineering Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 89-94

  Liu, Zhi Bin ^a   Shi, Bin ^a   Inyang, Hilary I ^b   Cai, Yi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansive soil; Interpretation; Magnification effect; SEM image

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FABRICS; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DETERMINATION;

FRAME SIZE; MAGNIFICATION; SOIL FABRICS; SOIL MICROSTRUCTURES;

SOILS;

EXPANSIVE SOIL; IMAGING METHOD; SCALE EFFECT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 14944370980     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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