Three-dimensional digital representation of granular material microstructure from X-ray Tomography imaging

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-35

  Wang, L B ^a   Frost, J D ^b   Lai, J S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital techniques; Granular materials; Microstructure; Morphology; Particles; Radiography; X ray analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TECHNIQUES; GRANULAR SYSTEMS; SURFACE TEXTURES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEXTURES; TOMOGRAPHY; VECTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 3843064887     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2004)18:1(28)     Document Type: Article

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