Tennis ball fuzziness: Assessing textile surface roughness using digital imaging

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1446-1455

  Steele, C ^a   Jones, R ^a   Leaney, P G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; Surface roughness; Tennis balls; Textiles; Wear

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TEXTILES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; TENNIS BALLS; WEAR LIMITS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEXTILES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ALGORITHMS; ROUGHNESS; TEXTILES; WEAR;

EID: 33646861202     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/6/024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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