Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2019.3.9
AN IMAGE-BASED METHOD TO DETERMINE THE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD) OF FINE-GRAINED SOIL
Saman Tabrizi-Zarringhabaei
; Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Reza Goli Ejlali
; Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Mikaeil Yousefzadeh Fard
; Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Sayyedjavad Sayyedfattahi
; Department of Electrical Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
This paper discusses the PSD effects on the behavior of soil and its properties. The coarse grain part of soil can be analyzed with sieve analysis. Evaluating the PSD of fi ne-grained soil with the traditional method (hydrometer analysis) is a time-consuming process, has laboratory complexities and the obtained results are not accurate. Due to these limitations, there is a demand for a method that can offer faster data with more accuracy for geotechnical engineering. In this paper, the digital image processing (DIP) method is proposed using microscopic images and MATLAB software to determine the PSD of fi ne-grained soil. The DIP method was compared with the hydrometer analysis. The analysis of the data obtained from these two methods indicated that the image based method is capable of providing faster and more comprehensive results of the PSD.
Keywords
image processing; fine-grained soil; hydrometer analysis; MATLLAB software
Hrčak ID:
222422
URI
Publication date:
15.7.2019.
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