Multifractal analysis of the fracture surfaces of foamed polypropylene/polyethylene blends

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 4239-4245

  Liu, Chuang ^a,b   Jiang, Xiu Lei ^a,b   Liu, Tao ^a,b   Zhao, Ling ^a,b   Zhou, Wei Xing ^a,b   Yuan, Wei Kang ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Batch foaming; Complexity; Fracture surface; Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis; Singularity spectrum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FRACTURE; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; POLYPROPYLENES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BATCH FOAMING; COMPLEXITY; FRACTURE SURFACES; MULTIFRACTAL DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; SINGULARITY SPECTRUM;

FRACTALS;

EID: 58149100730     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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