Role of thresholding to determine size of interfacial transition zone

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn SP-189, Issue , 2000, Pages 165-186

  Basheer, P A Muhammed ^a   Basheer, Lulu ^a   Lange, David ^b   Long, Adrian ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Cement matrix; Image analysis; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXTURES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; POROSITY;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CAPILLARY POROSITY; CEMENT HYDRATES; CEMENT MATRIX; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; THRESHOLD-VALUE; THRESHOLDING; TRANSITION ZONES;

HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE;

EID: 84995977471     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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