SINGULARITY FEATURES OF PORE-SIZE SOIL DISTRIBUTION: SINGULARITY STRENGTH ANALYSIS AND ENTROPY SPECTRUM

Abstract

In this paper, several features of pore-size soil distribution are first analyzed, suggesting that they are closer to those of singular measures than to those of distributions with smooth density. In a second step, the weighted singularity strength of an experimental measure obtained by image analysis of soil samples is evaluated. The results of this analysis show the singular nature of pore-size distribution. Finally, the distribution is characterized by means of a spectrum of entropies computed on distorted measures associated with the original experimental measure.