Nondestructive evaluation of volumetric shrinkage of compacted mixtures using digital image analysis

Engineering Geology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 239-250

  Ören, Ali Hakan ^a   Önal, Okan ^a   Özden, Gürkan ^a   Kaya, Abidin ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Compaction; Hydraulic conductivity; Image processing; Nondestructive testing; Volumetric shrinkage; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPACTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRAIN; ZEOLITES;

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; TRIAXIAL TEST; VERNIER CALIPER;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SHRINKAGE; SOIL TEST; STRAIN; VOLUME CHANGE; ZEOLITE;

EID: 33744924478     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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