Explanation of the Fractal Characteristics of Goose Down Configurations

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1142-1147

  Gao, Jing ^a,b   Pan, Ning ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

configuration characteristics; fractal geometry; goose down; local fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL INSULATION;

CONFIGURATION CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; GOOSE DOWN; INSULATING PROPERTIES; LOCAL FRACTAL DIMENSION; THERMAL INSULATING PROPERTIES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

FILLING MATERIAL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 67949114311     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508099918     Document Type: Article

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