A Quantitative Description of Soil Microstructure Using Fractals

Abstract

This Phase 2 SBIR report presents the results of experimental studies to determine the fractal dimension associated with soil microstructure. This was accomplished by obtaining images of samples of real soils scanned directly at 3000 dpi and 256 level of grayscales. The images were then analyzed to determine individual particles and clusters of particles. The area and perimeter values of these units were then plotted on a log-log scale from which the fractal dimension of the soil microstructure could be deduced.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA337825

Entities

People

  • Charles Moore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reduction
  • Databases
  • Equations
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Gray Scale
  • Image Processing
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Microstructure
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Particle Size
  • Particles

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.