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... 1 1.1 Project Background Aggregates are an important component in asphalt concrete, cement concrete, granular base, and treated base. Their characteristics, including shape, angularity, surface texture, and surface area, significantly affect the properties of mixtures.
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... 2manual measurements, and a comparison of the FTI results with those of peer systems including the Aggregate Imaging Measurement System (AIMS) II and University of Illinois Aggregate Image Analyzer (UIAIA)
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... 3 Chapter 2 introduces the final version of the FTI system, which consists of a charged-coupled device (CCD) camera, a fringe source, an angled mirror, an adjustable-height particle tray, and a MATLAB software package.

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