Fractal dimension of long electrical discharges

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-37

  Amarasinghe, Dulan ^a   Sonnadara, Upul ^a   Berg, Marcus ^b   Cooray, Vernon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Edge detection; Fractals; Image analysis; Long sparks; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EDGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDGE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; FRACTAL DIMENSION ESTIMATION; NEGATIVE POLARITY; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TORTUOSITY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84918531018     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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