X-ray computed tomography of aggregates and asphalt mixes

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 775-783

  Masad, Eyad ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Asphalt mix; Image analysis; Tomography; X ray

Indexed keywords

AIR VOIDS; ASPHALT MIX; HARMONIC SERIES; X-RAY;

AGGREGATES; ASPHALT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3843076332     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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