Image analysis for the quantification of a developing crack network on a drying soil

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lakshmikantha, M R ^a   Prat, P C ^b   Ledesma, A ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crack networks on drying soils; Cracking of soils; Experimental analysis; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK NETWORKS; CRACK NETWORKS ON DRYING SOILS; CRACKING OF SOILS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DRYING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

CRACKS;

BEARING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COHESIVE SOIL; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CRACKING;

EID: 77953241983     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ102216     Document Type: Article

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