On the accuracy of fragment size measurement by image analysis in combination with some distribution functions

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-116

  Sanchidrian J A ^a   Segarra, P ^a   Ouchterlony, F ^b   Lopez L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Image analysis; Lognormal; Rock blasting; Rosin Rammler; Size distribution; Swebrec

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; CALIBRATION; ERRORS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ROCKS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FRAGMENTATION; LOGNORMAL; ROCK BLASTING; ROSIN-RAMMLER; SWEBREC;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BLASTING; CALIBRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 59549086797     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-007-0161-8     Document Type: Article

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