Shape assessment of particles in concrete technology: 2D image analysis and 3D stereological extrapolation

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-91

  Stroeven, P ^a   Hu, J ^a   Guo, Z ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concrete aggregate; Quantitative image analysis; Shape assessment; Stereology

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

2D IMAGE ANALYSES; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CONCRETE TECHNOLOGIES; EMBEDDED PARTICLES; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; GLOBAL PARAMETERS; PROJECTION IMAGES; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; REAL WORLDS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SECTION IMAGES; SHAPE ASSESSMENT; STEREOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 58149125452     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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