Understanding the role of particle packing characteristics in rheo-physical properties of cementitious suspensions: A literature review

I Mehdipour, KH Khayat - Construction and Building Materials, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Interest for enhancing particle packing of the solid skeleton in concrete stems efforts to
reduce the content of cementitious materials and water/admixture demand, thus decreasing …

Resolving time-dependent evolution of pore-scale structure, permeability and reactivity using X-ray microtomography

C Noiriel - Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2015‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Dissolution and precipitation reactions are the primary mechanisms that occur when a rock
(ie, a mineral assemblage) is in contact with a fluid out of equilibrium. They play a critical …

Effect of particle shape on stress-dilatancy responses of medium-dense sands

Y **ao, L Long, T Matthew Evans, H Zhou… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2019‏ - ascelibrary.org
The effect of particle shape on the strength, dilatancy, and stress-dilatancy relationship was
systematically investigated through a series of drained triaxial compression tests on sands …

Exploring the relationship between critical state and particle shape for granular materials

J Yang, XD Luo - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The relationship between critical state and particle shape corresponds to the most
fundamental aspect of the mechanics of granular materials. This paper presents an …

An investigation of single sand particle fracture using X-ray micro-tomography

B Zhao, J Wang, MR Coop, G Viggiani… - Géotechnique, 2015‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
Particle breakage is of fundamental importance for understanding the mechanical behaviour
of sands and is relevant to many geotechnical engineering problems. In order to gain new …

3D quantitative shape analysis on form, roundness, and compactness with μCT

B Zhao, J Wang - Powder technology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Particle shape plays an important role in determining the engineering behaviour of granular
materials. In this regard, characterisation and quantification of particle shape are essential …

Three-dimensional sphericity, roundness and fractal dimension of sand particles

B Zhou, J Wang, H Wang - Géotechnique, 2018‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
Particle morphological features at different scale levels hold the key to understanding the
geological origin and mechanical behaviour of natural sands. In this context, it is necessary …

Micromorphology characterization and reconstruction of sand particles using micro X-ray tomography and spherical harmonics

B Zhou, J Wang, B Zhao - Engineering geology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The particle micromorphology created by geological processes is an essential characteristic
in determining the mechanical properties of natural sands. Based on micro X-ray computed …

[HTML][HTML] Extended internal stability criteria for soils under seepage

DS Chang, LM Zhang - Soils and Foundations, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Internal stability refers to the ability for the coarse fraction of a soil to prevent the loss of its
fine fraction due to seepage flow. The main objective of this paper is to extend internal …

[HTML][HTML] Sphericity and roundness computation for particles using the extreme vertices model

I Cruz-Matías, D Ayala, D Hiller, S Gutsch… - Journal of computational …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Shape is a property studied for many kinds of particles. Among shape parameters, sphericity
and roundness indices had been largely studied to understand several processes. Some of …