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A Novel Discontinuity Roughness Parameter and Its Correlation with Joint Roughness Coefficients

  • Huizhen Zhang,
  • Changsuo Zhang,
  • Zejin Yang,
  • Zhiqiang Li and
  • Chenlong Wang

15 November 2021

Joint roughness determination is a fundamental issue in many areas of rock engineering, because joint roughness has significant influences on mechanical properties and deformation behavior of rock masses. Available models suggested in the literature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,604 Views
11 Pages

3 December 2020

The ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter is used to evaluate the nonlinear elasticity of a material, which is determined from the displacement amplitude of the fundamental and second-order frequencies components in an ultrasonic wave propagating through...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring for Materials and Aerospace Industry Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,046 Views
17 Pages

26 March 2025

Pneumatic polishing tools are commonly used in traditional robot mold polishing systems, but they have problems with the stable control of mold surface roughness due to low precision and poor adaptability in polishing force adjustment. The integratio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Manufacturing Processes and Systems for Sustainable Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,491 Views
23 Pages

Time-Varying Meshing Stiffness and Dynamic Parameter Model of Spiral Bevel Gears with Different Surface Roughness

  • Zhi-Jie Cai,
  • Xi-Qing Zheng,
  • Hui-Qing Lan,
  • Liu-Na Wang and ,
  • Si-Wei Yang and
  • Rui Sheng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 February 2024

In order to explore the time-varying mesh stiffness and dynamic parameters of bevel gears with different surface roughness, the fractal dimension and characteristic scale coefficient are calculated to determine the fractal dimension of tooth surfaces...

(This article belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,288 Views
18 Pages

3 April 2023

The accurate and efficient estimation of bed roughness using limited historical observational data is well-established. This paper presents a new parameter-inversion model for estimating bed roughness in hydrodynamic models that constrains the roughn...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,208 Views
13 Pages

Experimental Study on the Parameter Optimization of an Ultra-High-Pressure Water Jet for Grade-A Marine Steel Based on Surface Roughness

  • Wuyang Shan,
  • Yupeng Cao,
  • Weidong Shi,
  • Zhengang Wang and ,
  • Qingbo Zhang,
  • Yongfei Yang and
  • Rui Zhou
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

15 July 2025

The selection of process parameters for an ultra-high-pressure water jet directly affects the adhesion ability of the subsequent coating on the ship’s surface. This study investigates the effect of jet pressure, standoff distance, and nozzle tr...

(This article belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
486 Views
22 Pages

19 September 2026

This study combines replicated experimentation and machine learning to characterize how user-controllable fused deposition modeling (FDM) parameters relate to local surface quality in complex ULTEM 1010 components. A surgical guide geometry was evalu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Latest Application of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Process Modelling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,537 Views
23 Pages

Relationship between Joint Roughness Coefficient and Statistical Roughness Parameters and Its Sensitivity to Sampling Interval

  • Yong Luo,
  • Yakun Wang,
  • Heng Guo,
  • Xiaobo Liu and ,
  • Yihui Luo and
  • Yanan Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2022

Accurate determination of the surface roughness is of significant importance in estimating the mechanical and hydraulic behaviors of rock joints. The correlation between joint roughness coefficient (JRC) and various statistical roughness parameters c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hazard Control and Emergency Rescue in Underground Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
6,561 Views
11 Pages

Predictability of Microbial Adhesion to Dental Materials by Roughness Parameters

  • Andrea Schubert,
  • Torsten Wassmann,
  • Mareike Holtappels,
  • Oliver Kurbad and ,
  • Sebastian Krohn and
  • Ralf Bürgers
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Microbial adhesion to intraoral biomaterials is associated with surface roughness. For the prevention of oral pathologies, smooth surfaces with little biofilm formation are required. Ideally, appropriate roughness parameters make microbial adhesion p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,707 Views
48 Pages

The aim of this article is to simulate the distribution of oil or lubricants on the surface by the characterization of the R and S roughness parameters. It is considered that undesirable particles may appear in the oil due to friction, the wear of pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,876 Views
24 Pages

29 August 2022

Among the 26 roughness parameters described in ISO 25178 standard, the parameters used to characterize surface performance in characterization parameter set (CPS) lack scientificity and unity, resulting in application confusion. The current CPS comes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterisation and Modelling of Manufacturing–Microstructure–Property–Mechanism Relationship for Advanced and Emerging Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,967 Views
15 Pages

Sensitivity of C-Band SAR Polarimetric Variables to the Directionality of Surface Roughness Parameters

  • Zohreh Alijani,
  • John Lindsay,
  • Melanie Chabot,
  • Tracy Rowlandson and
  • Aaron Berg

5 June 2021

Surface roughness is an important factor in many soil moisture retrieval models. Therefore, any mischaracterization of surface roughness parameters (root mean square height, RMSH, and correlation length, ʅ) may result in unreliable predictions and so...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,097 Views
21 Pages

Patterns of Difference between Physical and 1-D Calibrated Effective Roughness Parameters in Mountain Rivers

  • Sebastián Cedillo,
  • Esteban Sánchez-Cordero,
  • Luis Timbe,
  • Esteban Samaniego and
  • Andrés Alvarado

12 November 2021

Due to the presence of boulders and different morphologies, mountain rivers contain various resistance sources. To correctly simulate river flow using 1-D hydrodynamic models, an accurate estimation of the flow resistance is required. In this article...

(This article belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,950 Views
16 Pages

9 November 2024

Highways, urban roads, and bridges are the important transportation infrastructures for the economic development of modern society. The evaluation of bridge and road quality is crucial to the maintenance and management of the bridge and road industry...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Health Monitoring in Bridges and Infrastructure)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,751 Views
20 Pages

30 October 2023

In order to obtain the optimum range of process parameters for abrasive belt grinding of titanium alloys to achieve a surface roughness within a given range, titanium alloy TC4 was selected as the research object, and experiments on abrasive belt gri...

(This article belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,870 Views
15 Pages

28 February 2021

The objective of this research is to investigate the feasibility of utilizing the Elman neural network to predict the surface roughness in the milling process of Inconel 718 and then optimizing the cutting parameters through the particle swarm optimi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,799 Views
21 Pages

Investigation of the Influence of Machining Parameters and Surface Roughness on the Wettability of the Al6082 Surfaces Produced with WEDM

  • Dimitrios Skondras-Giousios,
  • Panagiotis Karmiris-Obratański,
  • Magdalena Jarosz and
  • Angelos P. Markopoulos

7 April 2024

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is a non-conventional machining technique, capable of processing any kind of conductive material. Recently, it has been successfully utilized for producing hydrophobic characteristics in inherently hydrophilic met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Machining Technology for Modern Engineering Materials (2nd Edition))
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,893 Views
9 Pages

FDM Process Parameters Impact on Roughness and Dimensional Accuracy of PLA Parts

  • Niama Arreda,
  • Hamza Isksioui,
  • Haitam Boutahri,
  • Anasse L’kadiba and
  • Haj Elmoussami

16 October 2025

Interest in research on FDM systems using inexpensive materials like PLA and ABS is constantly increasing. In this regard, the scope of this study is narrowed to exclusively focus on PLA. To improve the surface finish of PLA printed products, it is i...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of 7th Edition of the International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity (ICATH 2025))
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,445 Views
23 Pages

16 June 2022

The main purpose of the study was to define the machining conditions that ensure the best quality of the machined surface, low chip temperature in the cutting zone and favourable geometric features of chips when using monolithic two-teeth cutters mad...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative and Modern Technologies of Material Machining in Cutting and Abrasive Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,705 Views
10 Pages

The articulating surfaces of four different sizes of unused pyrolytic carbon proximal interphalangeal prostheses (PIP) were evaluated though measuring several topographical parameters using a white light interferometer: average roughness (Sa); root m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,182 Views
20 Pages

1 October 2022

This work aims to reveal the effects of 3D roughness parameters of sandblasted surfaces on bond strength between thermal spray coatings and substrates. The investigation was carried out on the surface of AISI 4140, which were pretreated with automati...

(This article belongs to the Topic Surface Engineered Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,652 Views
17 Pages

20 January 2026

To achieve better surface quality in selective laser melting (SLM), this study used 316L stainless steel powder and conducted a systematic design experiment to investigate the influence mechanism of process parameters on the surface roughness of the...

(This article belongs to the Section Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,751 Views
20 Pages

Prediction of Parameters of Equivalent Sum Rough Surfaces

  • Pawel Pawlus,
  • Rafal Reizer and
  • Wieslaw Zelasko

31 October 2020

In statistical models, the contact of two surfaces is typically replaced by the contact of a smooth, flat, and an equivalent rough sum surface. For the sum surface, the zeroth, second, and fourth moments of the power spectral density m0, m2, and m4 r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue “3D” Parametric and Nonparametric Description of Surface Topography in Manufacturing Processes)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,603 Views
5 Pages

2 December 2022

The automotive industry requires effective evaluation methods for the quality control of automobile parts and bearings. The ISO standard defines the calculation of roughness parameters from the material ratio curve (“MRC”) and material ra...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,725 Views
23 Pages

3 March 2022

Monitoring surface quality during machining has considerable practical significance for the performance of high-value products, particularly for their assembly interfaces. Surface roughness is the most important metric of surface quality. Currently,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensor-Based Frequency, Time-Frequency, and Higher Order Signal Processing for Condition Monitoring, Structural Health Monitoring, and Non-Destructive Testing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,468 Views
21 Pages

Estimation of Shear Strength Parameters Considering Joint Roughness: A Stability Case Analysis of Bedding Rock Slopes in an Open-Pit Mine

  • Zehui Gao,
  • Shuhong Wang,
  • Hong Yin,
  • Qianbai Zhao and ,
  • Paramonov Vladimr and
  • Youming Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 May 2023

This study aims to fully explore the influence of rock joint roughness in the slope stability analysis of an open mine. Therefore, based on the least squares parameter estimation method, a generalized shear strength parameter coupling roughness, whic...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
833 Views
124 Pages

29 December 2025

In recent years, numerous studies have been conducted to characterize the physical parameters that define the behavior of surfaces coated with epoxy resins, particularly in terms of hardness and resistance. Many of these surfaces have been doped with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Experimental Modelling of Tribosystems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
112 Citations
10,830 Views
22 Pages

5 June 2020

This study presents surface roughness modeling for machined parts based on cutting parameters (spindle speed, cutting depth, and feed rate) and machining vibration in the end milling process. Prediction models were developed using multiple regression...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
165 Citations
13,205 Views
11 Pages

22 September 2017

As one of the powder bed fusion additive manufacturing technologies, electron beam melting (EBM) is gaining more and more attention due to its near-net-shape production capacity with low residual stress and good mechanical properties. These character...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perspectives on Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,199 Views
19 Pages

19 September 2020

This work presents a comprehensive research using the Taguchi method and response surface methodology (RSM) to predict surface roughness parameters in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) manufacturing for a novel Ti–Al intermetallic base...

(This article belongs to the Section Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,176 Views
35 Pages

18 November 2024

With a view to improve measurements, this paper presents a statistical approach for characterizing the behaviour of roughness parameters based on measurements performed on ground surface topographies (grit #080/#120). A S neoxTM (Sensofar®, Terra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Optical 3D Metrology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,711 Views
21 Pages

28 April 2025

To ensure high quality of the machined surface, various methods are used to assess the turning process. This process can be monitored using indirect techniques, such as measuring cutting forces and recording acoustic emission (AE) signals, which help...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,623 Views
19 Pages

15 January 2023

In this paper, the responses of machined surface roughness and milling tool cutting forces under the different milling processing parameters (cutting speed v, feed rate f, and axial cutting depth ap) are experimentally investigated to meet the increa...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Materials and Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,880 Views
17 Pages

11 December 2018

Infiltration parameters and Manning’s roughness are essential input parameters for surface irrigation simulation models. Multiple points of infiltration experiments require time-consuming, costly data collection and problematic calculations of...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
446 Views
21 Pages

15 May 2026

Silicon carbide particle-reinforced aluminum matrix (SiCp/Al) composites are prone to surface defects during grinding owing to the heterogeneous deformation of the aluminum matrix and SiC particles, rendering conventional two-dimensional roughness pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,165 Views
14 Pages

Rough Surfaces Simulation and Its Contact Characteristic Parameters Based on Ubiquitiform Theory

  • Yan Feng,
  • Peng Yang,
  • Yixiong Feng,
  • Zhouming Hang and ,
  • Laihua Tao and
  • Peifeng Sun
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 April 2025

Ubiquitiform is a new theory of finite-order self-similar physical structure and it is more reasonable to describe real engineering surfaces by ubiquitiform rather than fractal. In this paper, by introducing the frequency truncation criterion, a new...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,255 Views
26 Pages

8 November 2024

The fouling of protein on the surface of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is a surface phenomenon strongly dependent on the physical and chemical characteristics of both the membrane surface and the foulant molecule. Much of the focus on fouling mitiga...

(This article belongs to the Section Membrane Fabrication and Characterization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,221 Views
14 Pages

24 May 2025

Single sapphire crystals has been widely used in technology such as light emitting diodes, lasers, high-temperature and high-voltage devices, special windows, and optical systems, and grinding is an important process of their machining. In order to r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Abrasive Processing Technology and Applications (Second Edition))
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  • Open Access
608 Views
40 Pages

A Method for Selecting Key Flight Parameters of Aircraft Based on Dual-Domain Rough Set and Three-Branch Decision

  • Shengkai Yan,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Jiayang Yu,
  • Jiajin Li and ,
  • Qiuhan Liu and
  • Gaocheng Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The precise selection of key flight parameters is fundamental to enhancing aircraft condition monitoring and risk warning capabilities. However, existing methods typically rely on a single source of information, i.e., either solely expert judgments o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,871 Views
29 Pages

15 June 2025

The increasing demand for precision-engineered machined components across diverse sectors highlights the importance of optimizing machining procedures. The improvement of milling strategies is significant in the production of flat surfaces and slots...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,346 Views
23 Pages

24 October 2022

One of the most important challenges for every machining shopfloor, especially a small one, is to achieve the required productivity with minimal energy consumption and engaged power. The paper presents a way to determine the optimal combination of va...

(This article belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)
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  • Open Access
1,348 Views
30 Pages

Sdr as a Key Roughness Parameter for Monitoring the Temporal Stability of Measuring Instruments: Short- and Extended-Time Uncertainties

  • Clément Moreau,
  • Julie Lemesle,
  • François Berkmans,
  • David Páez Margarit and ,
  • Thomas Carlier,
  • François Blateyron and
  • Maxence Bigerelle
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

9 February 2026

This study investigates two measurement campaigns: extended time and short time, to determine the stability of roughness measurements, focusing on the Sdr parameter. Extended-time measurements were conducted using the most sensitive instrument availa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers Collection: Celebration of the First Impact Factor of Metrology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,655 Views
18 Pages

Roughness Estimation and Image Rendering for Glossy Object Surface

  • Shoji Tominaga,
  • Motonori Doi and
  • Hideaki Sakai

28 August 2025

We study the relationship between the physical surface roughness of the glossy surfaces of dielectric objects and the roughness parameter in image rendering. The former refers to a measure of the microscopic surface structure of a real object’s...

(This article belongs to the Section Image and Video Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,671 Views
13 Pages

Roughness Effect in Micropitting and Rolling Contact Fatigue of Silicon Nitride

  • Mohsen Mosleh,
  • Keron K. Bradshaw,
  • Sonya T. Smith,
  • John H. Belk and
  • Khosro A. Shirvani

18 February 2019

An experimental analysis of the role of surface roughness parameters on micropitting and the succeeding rolling contact fatigue (RCF) of silicon nitride against AISI 52100 steel under lubricated conditions was performed. In accelerated fatigue tests...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,281 Views
14 Pages

Causes of the in-service damage to hydrocylinder liners were investigated, and the requirements to their working surfaces were systematized. Roughness parameter Ra was found not to provide a precise estimate of the surface quality because its reducti...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,941 Views
18 Pages

14 August 2022

This study presents a vehicle mass estimation system based on adaptive extended Kalman filtering with unknown input (AEKF-UI) estimation of vehicle suspension systems. The suggested real-time methodology is based on the explicit correlation between r...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,592 Views
15 Pages

31 May 2023

The article aims to assess the roughness of parting surfaces in the context of abrasive water jet technology for various materials. The evaluation is based on the feed speed of the cutting head, which is adjusted to achieve the desired final roughnes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Production, Processing and Characterization of Industrial Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,599 Views
17 Pages

Vibration Response Law of Aircraft Taxiing under Random Roughness Excitation

  • Tianxin Hou,
  • Shifu Liu,
  • Jianming Ling,
  • Yu Tian and ,
  • Peilin Li and
  • Jie Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 June 2023

Understanding the vibration response patterns of aircraft taxiing under runway roughness excitation is crucial for aircraft design and runway performance evaluation. In this paper, we establish pavement roughness models for both asphalt and concrete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,586 Views
39 Pages

17 March 2021

Residual stresses play an essential role in determining the failure mechanisms and life of an electron beam-physical vapour deposition thermal barrier coating (EB-PVD TBC) system. In this paper, a new transitional roughness model was proposed and app...

(This article belongs to the Section Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,080 Views
14 Pages

Process Optimization of Robotic Polishing for Mold Steel Based on Response Surface Method

  • Yinhui Xie,
  • Guangsheng Chang,
  • Jinxing Yang,
  • Mingyang Zhao and
  • Jun Li

18 April 2022

Aimed to reduce surface roughness (Ra) and improve surface quality of mold steel, the optimizations of process parameters for robotic polishing, such as polishing pressure, feed speed and rotating speed of tool, are accomplish in this research. The o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Processes and Technologies in Precision and Ultra-Precision Machining)

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