Rock fracture tracing based on image processing and SVM

Rock fracture tracing is very important in many rock-engineering applications. This paper presents a new methodology for rock fracture detection, description and classification based on image processing technique and support vector machine (SVM). The developed algorithm uses a number of rock surface images those were taken by sophisticated CCD cameras. The studied algorithm processes all the images. Then, the fractures are identified and categorized by SVM. The proposed algorithm has been tested, and the results show that the approach is promising.