Investigation of the effect of aggregate shape and surface roughness on the slake durability index using the fractal dimension approach

Engineering Geology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-284

  Kolay, Ersin ^a   Kayabali, Kamil ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Argillaceous rock; Fractal dimension; Slake durability; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; EROSION; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; FRACTAL DIMENSION APPROACH; SLAKE DURABILITY INDEX (SDI);

ROCKS;

AGGREGATE; ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; DURABILITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SLAKING; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 33746826048     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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