A general model for collision-based abrasion processes

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Varkonyi P L ^a   Domokos, G ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

abrasion; pebble; surface evolution

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; ABRASION PROCESS; CONVEX OBJECTS; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; GAUSS CURVATURE; GENERAL MODEL; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; NATURAL PROCESS; NORMAL FLOW; PEBBLE; SAND BLASTING; SURFACE EVOLUTION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRIBOLOGY;

ABRASION;

EID: 79551543584     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxq066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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