A simple fractal analysis method of the surface roughness

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-45

  Jahn, R ^a   Truckenbrodt, H ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractals; Surface characterization; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRACTALS; GRAPH THEORY; LAPPING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURNING;

POWER SPECTRUM;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0346093742     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00860-4     Document Type: Article

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