Evaluation of boundary fractal methods for the characterization of wear particles

Wear

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-34

  Podsiadlo, P ^a   Stachowiak, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary fractal dimension; Wear particles

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY FRACTAL METHODS; WEAR PARTICLES;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0032047196     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(98)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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