Water Transport in Limestone by X-Ray CAT Scanning

by Victor G. Mossotti, US Geological Survey, United States,
Louis M. Castanier, US Geological Survey, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structural Materials

Abstract:

The transport of water through the interior of Salem limestone test briquettes can be dynamically monitored by computer aided tomography (commonly called CAT scanning in medical diagnostics). Most significantly, unless evaporation from a particular face of the briquette is accelerated by forced air flow (wind simulation), the distribution of water in the interior of the briquette remains more or less uniform throughout the complete drying cycle. Moreover, simulated solar illumination of the test briquette does not result in the production of significant water gradients in the briquette under steady-state drying conditions.

Subject Headings: Limestone | Water supply systems | Material tests | Computer analysis | Computer aided operations | X rays | Computer vision and image processing

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