Dr. Bernd Gotsmann |
Dr. Mark Lantz |
Atomic roughness of two surfaces |
Fractal Geometry
If you are familiar with IBM Fellow Benoit Mandelbrot’s work in fractal geometry then you already have a good basis for tribology. Fractals are used in modeling uneven or rough structures in Nature, like an eroded coastline, in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales. Fractals use math to explore these rough irregularities. |
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