Image analysis of multiple rock fractures

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1272-1276

  Wang, Weixing ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Hakami, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Itasca Geomekanik AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Mmultiple rock fractures; Moments; Orientation; Size and shape

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

MOMENTS; MULTIPLE ROCK FRACTURES; ORIENTATION; SIZE AND SHAPE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 27744431855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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