Surfaces of metal sheets initially contain high frequency, low amplitude roughness components imparted during the rolling process. When plastic deformation is imposed, the amplitude of these free surface components increases, producing various kinds of morphological features including randomness, periodicity and waviness. The features often control key functional aspects of a metal surface, suc...

Deliberate modification of bottom roughness, including smoothing to eliminate centimetre scale natural roughness and raking to induce quasiperiodic roughness, was investigated using diver observations, quantification of bottom roughness from stereo photography, and measurement of acoustic backscattering strength. At 40 kHz, raking perpendicular to the acoustic line-of-sight with a tine spacing ...

in this study the effect of input parameters of the edm process (pulse on-time, duty cycle and tool polarity), on the material removal rate (mrr), tool wear ratio (twr) and maximum surface roughness (rmax) in the machining aisi h13 tool steel has been studied. this study shows that increasing the duty cycle in the two conditions of tool polarity, material removal rate and the maximum surface ro...

The adhesion of plated metal layers to polymer surfaces is of prime importance for the reliability of interconnections in electronics. An increase in the roughness of the polymer surface, caused by chemical treatment, plays an important part in the adhesionstrength of plated metal layers by increasing the total area of interface betweenboth layers. Hence, the evolution of polymer surface roughn...

Optimal perception of surface roughness requires lateral movement between skin and surface, suggesting the importance of temporal cues. The roughness of periodic gratings is affected by changing either inter-element spacing (groove width, G) or element width (ridge width, R). Peripheral neural responses to gratings depend quantitatively on a spatial variable, G, and a temporal variable, grating...

In determining certain infrastructure rehabilitation needs, it is sometimes important to consider user perceptions along with physical measures of infrastructure condition. Pavement roughness is one such case. A critical determinant of public satisfaction, user perception of pavement roughness can potentially play a critical role in the allocation of resources to competing highway resurfacing p...

   be obtained as [5] Thus, the vol a surface roughness is δ=3S . ume fraction can he effective roughness height (δ) in terms of the average T to represent the physical surface roughness of the homogeneous pyramid roughness profile he equivalent three surface roughness. T -dimensional as the parameter to characterize the surface profilometer, , which can be measured easily using 3D a average...

Surface roughness is one of the most important qualities in haptic perception. Roughness is a major identifier for judgments of material composition, comfort, and friction and is tied closely to manual dexterity. Some attention has been given to the study of roughness perception in the past, but it has typically focused on noncontrollable natural materials or on a narrow range of artificial mat...

Surface texturing is used to increase hydrodynamic pressure and reduce friction and wear between parallel sliding surfaces in a variety of applications. The shape, geometry, and density of the patterned microtexture features play a key role in the tribological performance of such textured slider bearings. Lubrication models are used to predict the load-carrying capacity, friction coefficient, a...