Visualization of shear band in sand using synchrotron micro-tomography

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 179, 2008, Pages 1028-1035

  Hasan, Alsidqi ^a   Alshibli, Khalid ^a   Jaeger, Heinrich ^b   Rivers, Mark ^c   Eng, Peter ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCLINATION ANGLES; INTENSIVE SHEARING; LOW VISCOSITY; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; PLANE STRAIN CONDITION; PORE SPACE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SOIL MASS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE;

MONITORING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SYNCHROTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

SHEAR BANDS;

EID: 66449122270     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40972(311)129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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