Sampling approach for quantitative microscopic investigation of concrete through planar and spatial measurements

Magazine of Concrete Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 321-330

  Elzafraney, M ^a,b   Soroushian, P ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK LENGTH; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE (ITZ); PLANAR MEASUREMENTS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 23244442723     PISSN: 00249831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/macr.2005.57.6.321     Document Type: Article

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