A fractal model of the porous microstructure of earth-based materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1607-1613

  Atzeni, C ^a   Pia, G ^a   Sanna, U ^a   Spanu, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth; Fractal geometry; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Models of porosity; Stabilized earth

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BUILDING MATERIALS; FRACTALS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BIOARCHITECTURE; EARTH-BASED MATERIALS; POROSIMETRIC DATA;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 43549121053     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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