Abstract
In this chapter we will learn about the shape of particles in two dimensions and how a number of particles with different shapes combine to form one fabric of a given bulk shape (or bulk geometry). We will learn how to describe shape quantitatively and that the geometry of the individual particles and that of the fabric as a whole are different. For example, if a given fabric consists of randomly oriented ellipses, the fabric as a whole is isotropic while the individual particles—the ellipses—are anisotropic. We will also learn to distinguish the average shape of a set of particles from the bulk shape of the fabric as a whole.
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Heilbronner, R., Barrett, S. (2014). Particle Fabrics. In: Image Analysis in Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10343-8_14
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