Visualization of Grain Motion inside a Triaxial Specimen by Micro X-ray CT at SPring-8

Advances in X-ray Tomography for Geomaterials

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 255-261

  Matsushima, Takashi ^a   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Nakano, Tsukasa ^c   Tsuchiyama, Akira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain motion; Micro X ray CT; SPring 8; Triaxial compression test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885546887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470612187.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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