3D surface image analysis for fracture modeling of cement-based materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1098-1107

  Nichols, Anne B ^a   Lange, David A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Image analysis; Micromechanics; Microstructure; SEM

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTURES; TOUGHENING;

CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CRACK BRANCHING; CRACK DEFLECTION; FRACTURE SURFACES;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33747156727     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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