TY  - EJOU
AU  - Kim, Y. Y. 
AU  - Lee, B. Y. 
AU  - Kim, J. K. 

TI  - Evaluation of fiber dispersion of PVA-ECC
T2  - The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences

PY  - 2008
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SN  - 1933-2815

AB  - The fiber dispersion performance in fiber-reinforced cementitious composites is a crucial factor with respect to achieving desired mechanical performance. However, evaluation of the fiber dispersion performance in the composite PVA-ECC (Polyvinyl alcohol-Engineered Cementitious Composite) is extremely challenging because of the low contrast of PVA fibers with the cement-based matrix. In the present work, an enhanced image processing technique including more detailed classification of types of fibers and adaptation of a morphological reconstruction, the fiber detection performance is enhanced. Test results using artificial and real fiber images showed that a distribution coefficient <i>α<sub>f</sub></i>, referred to as the fiber dispersion coefficient was calculated reasonably and the fiber detection performance was enhanced.
KW  - 

DO  - 10.3970/icces.2008.007.167