Statistics on 3D particle shapes of lunar soil (No.60501) obtained by micro x-ray CT and its image-based DEM simulation

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 254-259

  Katagiri, J ^a   Matsushima, T ^a   Yamada, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Moon; Particles; Soils; Statistics; X rays

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D INFORMATION; CONTENT RATIO; CRYSTALLINE MATRICES; DEM SIMULATION; DESCARTES; ELONGATION RATIO; FLATNESS RATIOS; FOUR-GROUP; IMAGE-BASED; LUNAR SOIL; LUNAR SURFACE; MATRIX; MICRO X-RAY CT; PARTICLE SHAPE; PARTICLES; REENTRANT SURFACES; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SIMPLE SHEAR; VOID RATIOS;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EARTH (PLANET); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOON; ROCKS; SOILS; X RAYS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78649308129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41096(366)26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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