Simulation of aggregates with point-contacting monomers in the cluster-dilute regime. Part 1: Determining the most reliable technique for obtaining three-dimensional fractal dimension from two-dimensional images

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-80

  Chakrabarty, Rajan K ^a,b   Garro, Mark A ^a,b   Garro, Bruce A ^a,b,c   Chancellor, Shammah ^a,b   Moosmuller, Hans ^a,b   Herald, Christopher M ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Sierra Particle Technologies   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CONCENTRIC CIRCLES; CORRECTION FACTORS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; ENSEMBLE METHODS; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; FRACTAL SIMULATION; FRACTAL-LIKE; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; GRID METHODS; INTERSECTION METHOD; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; PIECE-WISE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

AGGREGATES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

MONOMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953705706     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.520363     Document Type: Article

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