Hierarchy of wool fibers and fractal dimensions

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-296

  Fan, Jie ^a   Liu, Jim Fang ^a   He, Ji Huan ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Metabolic rate; Sheep; Wool fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049103034     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2008.9.3.293     Document Type: Article

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