Using fine sand shape metrics determined from X-ray microcomputed tomography to illustrate the influence of particle shape on the properties of dispersed mortars

This study follows a first paper written on some three-dimensional geometrical quantities of a selection of sand particles from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), determined using a combination of X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT) and spherical harmonic analysis, and their correlation to the properties of mortars made with these sands, with no added dispersant. This paper studies other shape metrics of these same sands, the degree of convexity...