›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 46-49.

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Some Considerations of Applying Digital Images in the Expansive Soil Crack Analyses

ZENG Xianyun1, LIU Guanshi2, CHEN Yonggui1, CHEN Ruyi3   

  1. (1.Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410004;
    2.Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071;
    3.Guilin University of Technology,Guilin 541004)
  • Received:2017-03-13 Revised:2017-03-20 Online:2018-02-20 Published:2018-03-01

Abstract: The photographic image is a new method for  study  soil crack. There are many factors that affect the quantitative analysis of crack characteristics in the data acquisition and processing of the digital image. Common problems encountered in the expansive soil analysis are explored. The effect of factors, such as, light source, resolution of the image and threshold values in the digital processing, on the digital processing are discussed and improving suggestions are proposed in the paper.

Key words: photographic image, expansive soil, cracks, resolution, threshold value.