Determination of cylindrical soil specimen dimensions by imaging with application to volume change of bentonite-sand mixtures

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-131

  Önal, Okan ^a   Ören, Ali Hakan ^a   Özden, Gürkan ^a   Kaya, Abidin ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Compaction; Continuous monitoring; Digital image processing; Nondestructive testing; Sand; Volumetric shrinkage

Indexed keywords

AND OPERATORS; COMPACTED BENTONITES; COMPUTER ALGORITHMS; CONSISTENT; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL IMAGES; DIGITAL MEASUREMENTS; IMAGING; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENTS; LABORATORY PRACTICES; NONDESTRUCTIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SAND MIXTURES; SHRINKAGE MEASUREMENTS; SMALL STRAINS; SOIL SPECIMENS; VERNIER CALIPERS; VOLUME CHANGES; VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE; VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGES; BENTONITE-SAND MIXTURES; COMPACTED BENTONITE; DIGITAL MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT SETUP; SAND MIXTURE; SPECIMEN DIMENSION; VOLUME CHANGE;

BENTONITE; COMPACTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURING; DATA REDUCTION; DEWATERING; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FOUNDATIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MECHANICS; MIXTURES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POWDERS; SAND; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; MONITORING;

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; COMPACTION;

ALGORITHM; BENTONITE; COMPACTION; CYLINDER; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; SAND; SHRINKAGE; SOIL; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 54949084649     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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