Skid resistance and fractal structure of pavement surface

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 493-505

  Panagouli, O K ^a   Kokkalis, A G ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FRACTALS; PAVEMENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEXTURES; TIRES;

SURFACE TEXTURE;

SKID RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032028253     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(97)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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