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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 10, Number 2, August 2012 , pages 135-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2012.10.2.135
 


Reconstruction of internal structures and numerical simulation for concrete composites at mesoscale
Chengbin Du, Shouyan Jiang, Wu QIN, Hairong Xu and Dong Lei

 
Abstract
    At mesoscale, concrete is considered as a three-phase composite material consisting of the aggregate particles, the cement matrix and the interfacial transition zone (ITZ). The reconstruction of the internal structures for concrete composites requires the identification of the boundary of the aggregate particles and the cement matrix using digital imaging technology followed by post-processing through MATLAB. A parameter study covers the subsection transformation, median filter, and open and close operation of the digital image sample to obtain the optimal parameter for performing the image processing technology. The subsection transformation is performed using a grey histogram of the digital image samples with a threshold value of [120, 210] followed by median filtering with a 16
 
Key Words
    digital image processing; concrete composites; mesoscale; experiment; numerical simulation.
 
Address
Chengbin Du, Shouyan Jiang, Hairong Xu and Dong Lei: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China; Wu QIN: CCCC Third Harbor Consultants Co., Ltd, Shanghai 200032, China
 

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