SBIR/STTR Research Award
A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SOIL MICROSTRUCTURE USING FRACTALS
Award amount
$90,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Geotechnics Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THEORY OF FRACTALS WILL BE USED TO DESCRIBE SOIL STRUCTURES AND TO DESCRIBE ALTERATIONS IN SOIL STRUCTURE DURING DEFORMATION. THE WORK PRODUCT WILL CONSIST OF COMPUTER BASED MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR DESCRIBING SOIL MICROSTRUCTURE, MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS FOR EXPRESSING SOIL PARTICLE INTERACTION FORCES IN A MANNER COMPATIBLE WITH FRACTAL THEORY, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMAGING AND IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR OBTAINING LABORATORY DATA ON SOIL SAMPLES.
Technology keywords
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