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Visualization of Failure and the Associated Grain-Scale Mechanical Behavior of Granular Soils under Shear using Synchrotron X-Ray Micro-Tomography
 

Visualization of Failure and the Associated Grain-Scale Mechanical Behavior of Granular Soils under Shear using Synchrotron X-Ray Micro-Tomography

Article DOI: 10.3791/60322-v • 09:00 min • September 29th, 2019
September 29th, 2019 •
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1Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2Shenzhen Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong

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The protocol describes procedures to acquire high-spatial resolution computed tomography (CT) images of a granular soil during triaxial compression, and to apply image processing techniques to these CT images to explore the grain-scale mechanical behavior of the soil under loading.

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Keywords: - Granular Soils - Shear Behavior - Grain-scale - Micro-tomography - Particle Morphology - Microstructure - Particle Breakage - Particle Displacement - Particle Rotation - Soil Sample Preparation - Confining Cell - Loading Apparatus - X-ray Imaging - Microscopic Behavior - Granular Materials - Stone-based Materials - Soil-rock Mixture - Concrete - Ceramics - Asphalt - Polymer Composites
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