Comparison of observed and simulated cement microstructure using spatial correlation functions

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 637-646

  Igarashi, S ^a   Chen, W ^b   Brouwers, H J H ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back scattered electron imaging; Cement paste; Microstructure; Modeling; Second order statistics; Spatial set

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED-ELECTRON IMAGING; CEMENT PASTE; MODELING; SECOND-ORDER STATISTICS; SPATIAL SET;

CEMENTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS;

PORE STRUCTURE;

EID: 68949154442     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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