Concrete porosimetry: Aspects of feasibility, reliability and economy

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Stroeven, P ^a   Hu, J ^a   Koleva, D A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cementitious materials; Connectivity; Image analysis; Opening operator; Pore size distribution

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; COMPARISON STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; PERMEABILITY PREDICTION; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; PORE SPACE; POROSIMETRY; SECTION IMAGE; SIMULATION MODEL; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; WOOD'S METAL;

CEMENTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MERCURY (METAL); OIL WELL CEMENTING; PLASMA WAVES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 77249088590     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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