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<p>This paper presents a quantitative characterisation of the fracture openings obtained in triaxial shear tests on several cement mortar samples. The comparison was carried out on three samples with various apertures using different methods of semi-destructive and non-destructive characterisation: optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray computed tomography, digital volume correlation and the <sup>14</sup>C-polymethylmethacrylate method. The fracture aperture distribution results are in good agreement between the different methods. Although the opening results obtained are comparable, the most advantageous method was considered to be XRCT profile analysis based on the size of the target area studied and the specific characteristics of each technique.</p>
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This paper presents a quantitative characterisation of the fracture openings obtained in triaxial shear tests on several cement mortar samples. The comparison was carried out on three samples with various apertures using different methods of semi-destructive and non-destructive characterisation: optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray computed tomography, digital volume correlation and the 14C-polymethylmethacrylate method. The fracture aperture distribution results are in good agreement between the different methods. Although the opening results obtained are comparable, the most advantageous method was considered to be XRCT profile analysis based on the size of the target area studied and the specific characteristics of each technique.

Comparing fracture openings in mortar using different imaging techniques

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{"article-title":"Comparing fracture openings in mortar using different imaging techniques"}

This paper presents a quantitative characterisation of the fracture openings obtained in triaxial shear tests on several cement mortar samples. The comparison...

Comparing fracture openings in mortar using different imaging techniques

Article Category: Original Study

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 77 - 90

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Feb 23, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2024-0004

Keywords
mortar, fracture apertures, characterisation method, process duration, disadvantages

© 2024 Jonathan Marliot et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Comparing fracture openings in mortar using different imaging techniques

Article Category: Original Study

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 77 - 90

Received: Dec 15, 2023

Accepted: Feb 23, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2024-0004

Keywordsmortar, fracture apertures, characterisation method, process duration, disadvantages

© 2024 Jonathan Marliot et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mortar, fracture apertures, characterisation method, process duration, disadvantages