ABSTRACT

In (Roque, Arcaro, & Lanfredi 2012) and in (Roque, Arcaro, & Alberich-Bayarri 2012b) the relationships between tortuosity, connectivity and Young modulus were investigated. It has been shown that τ increases when the structure degradation is increased. It has been found a notable linear correlation between τ and BV/TV, EPC and E, indicating that as higher the TB content is, better connected is the structure (lower EPC values), better aligned is the TB network (lower τ) and better will be the load capacity (higher E values).