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Assessment of structural evolution of aggregated soil using neutron tomography

Koliji, Azad  
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Lehmann, Peter
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Vulliet, Laurent  
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2008
Water Resources Research

The advanced non-destructive method of neutron tomography, together with image analysis, is used to evaluate the structural evolution of an aggregated soil during one-dimensional compression tests. Aggregation of primary particles is a commonly observed phenomenon in natural and compacted soils that causes an open soil structure with two dominant pore sizes corresponding to macro (inter-aggregates) and micro (intra-aggregate) pores. The evolution of macro porosity and the degradation of structures are evaluated by means of morphological parameters such as volume fraction, size distribution and chord length. Change in the structure is then linked to the macroscopic soil response. It is observed that the major structural modifications are associated with irreversible strains in soil.

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research article
DOI
10.1029/2007WR006297
Web of Science ID

WOS:000259992900001

Author(s)
Koliji, Azad  
Lehmann, Peter
Vulliet, Laurent  
Laloui, Lyesse  
Carminati, A.
Vontobel, P.
Hassanein, R.
Date Issued

2008

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Published in
Water Resources Research
Volume

44

Issue

5

Article Number

W00C07

Subjects

soil structure

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double porosity

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structure degradation

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neutron tomography

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image analysis

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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