Comparison of 2-D and 3-D shape analysis of concrete aggregate fines from VSI crushing

Published

March 1, 2017

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Edward J. Garboczi, Kenneth A. Snyder, Rolands Cepuritis, Stefan Jacobsen

Abstract

The shape of concrete aggregate fines, with particle sizes between 3 µm and 250 µm, produced by high-speed vertical shaft impact (VSI) crushing of 10 different rock types from quarries in Norway, has been studied by both dynamic image analysis (DIA), which is a 2-D method, and X-ray microcomputed tomography (µCT) coupled with spherical harmonic (SH) analysis, which is a 3-D method. The 3-D µCT results serve as a check on the 2-D DIA results. The intent was to evaluate the applicability of the 2-D DIA method to extract shape parameters that could represent the actual 3-D shape of the VSI crushed concrete aggregate particles. The results show that the 2-D DIA method seems to have problems correctly detecting separate particles and measuring their shapes for grains smaller than about 40 µm due to possible problems with particle dispersion. However, if a large enough number of particles bigger than 40 µm are analysed by the 2-D DIA method, a good but limited indication of the actual 3-D shape of the irregular crushed aggregate fines particles can be acquired and used for simple quality control at hard rock quarries.

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Powder Technology

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309

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Keywords

Crushed aggregate fines, vertical shaft impact crusher, shape, dynamic image analysis, X-ray computed tomography

Citation

Garboczi, E. , Snyder, K. , Cepuritis, R. and Jacobsen, S. (2017), Comparison of 2-D and 3-D shape analysis of concrete aggregate fines from VSI crushing, Powder Technology, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2016.12.037 (Accessed October 8, 2025)