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Surface Height Distribution

Surface Height Distribution is a statistical representation of the vertical deviations of a surface's topography from a reference plane, characterizing the frequency and amplitude of surface irregularities across a measured area.

332

Publications

19.6K

Citations

975

Authors

428

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

49

Variants

Surface Height Distribution FunctionSurface Height Probability Density Function

Parents

Publications

332

The properties of random surfaces of significance in their contact

David J. Whitehouse, J. F. Archard · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1970 · 886 citations

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On the nature of surface roughness with application to contact mechanics, sealing, rubber friction and adhesion

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter · 2004 · 848 citations · Full text

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On the nature of surface roughness with application to contact mechanics, sealing, rubber friction and adhesion

B. N. J. Persson, O. Albohr, U. Tartaglino et al. · JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) · 2005 · 830 citations

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The statistical analysis of a random, moving surface

M. S. Longuet‐Higgins · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1957 · 810 citations

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Surface topography as a nonstationary random process

R.S. Sayles, Tom Thomas · Nature · 1978 · 697 citations

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Authors

975

  1. BM
    Baruch Meerson

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    5 publications · 265 citations

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  2. RS
    R.S. Sayles

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 897 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. YJ
    Yeau‐Ren Jeng

    National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

    4 publications · 150 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. BB
    Bharat Bhushan

    The Ohio State University, United States

    4 publications · 292 citations

    4

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  5. WG
    W. G. Elford

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    4 publications · 144 citations

    4

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Institutions

428

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    389 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    660 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    511 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    652 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    826 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Optics

    14 publications · 882 citations

    13

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  2. Journal of Tribology

    12 publications · 702 citations

    12

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  3. 11

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 9 publications · 794 citations

    9

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  5. Journal of the Optical Society of America A

    6 publications · 187 citations

    6

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