A highly efficient algorithm for the generation of random fractal aggregates

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 239, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1061-1066

  Brown, M R ^a   Errington, R ^a   Rees, P ^b   Williams, P R ^b   Wilks, S P ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Box counting dimension; Fractal; Radius of gyration

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FRACTALS;

BOX-COUNTING; BOX-COUNTING DIMENSION; HYPER-CUBES; LENGTH SCALE; RADIUS OF GYRATION; RANDOM FRACTALS; SIMPLE RANDOM WALK;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 77950866094     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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