Requirements for accurate estimation of fractal parameters for self-affine roughness profiles using the line scaling method

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 181-206

  Kulatilake, P H S W ^a   Um, J ^a   Pan, G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LINE SCALING METHOD; SELF AFFINE ROUGHNESS PROFILES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0031249012     PISSN: 07232632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01045716     Document Type: Article

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