A fuzzy model for classifying mechanical properties of vesicular basalt used in prehistoric buildings

Materials Characterization

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 606-612

  Atzeni, Cirillo ^a   Pia, Giorgio ^a   Sanna, Ulrico ^a   Spanu, Nannina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fuzzy model; Megalithic buildings; Porosity; Vesicular basalt

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FUZZY RULES; MINERALOGY; POROSIMETERS; POROSITY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS; ARCHAEOMETRIC PURPOSES; FUZZY MODELS; MEGALITHIC BUILDINGS; VESICULAR BASALT STONES;

BASALT;

EID: 40649084308     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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