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Surface Kurtosis

Surface Kurtosis is a statistical parameter in surface metrology that belongs to the class of surface roughness descriptors and specifically characterizes the relative peakedness or flatness of the height distribution of a surface profile compared to a Gaussian distribution.

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Correlation between standard roughness parameters skewness and kurtosis and tribological behaviour of contact surfaces

Marko Sedlaček, Bojan Podgornik, Jože Vižintin · Tribology International · 2011 · 345 citations

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On Kurtosis and Occurrence Probability of Freak Waves

Nobuhito Mori, Peter A. E. M. Janssen · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2006 · 312 citations

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Modeling the effect of skewness and kurtosis on the static friction coefficient of rough surfaces

Noureddine Tayebi, Andreas A. Polycarpou · Tribology International · 2004 · 208 citations

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AFM STUDIES ON SURFACE MORPHOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND TEXTURE OF NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC ALUMINUM OXIDE THIN FILMS

T. Subba Rao · 2012 · 143 citations

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Contact analysis of non-Gaussian random surfaces

Sameera Chilamakuri, Bharat Bhushan · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology · 1998 · 112 citations

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Authors

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  1. SC
    Sameera Chilamakuri

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 152 citations

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  2. BB
    Bharat Bhushan

    The Ohio State University, United States

    3 publications · 152 citations

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  3. MS
    Marko Sedlaček

    Institute of Metals and Technology, Slovenia

    2 publications · 389 citations

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  4. OG
    Odin Gramstad

    University of Oslo, Norway

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  5. AA
    Andreas A. Polycarpou

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 235 citations

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  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    346 citations

  2. Institute of Metals and Technology

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    389 citations

  3. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  4. Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    211 citations

  6. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    170 citations

  7. DNV (Norway)

    Høvik, Norway

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    154 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    470 citations

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  1. Journal of Tribology

    6 publications · 184 citations

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  3. Tribology International

    2 publications · 553 citations

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  4. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    2 publications · 358 citations

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  5. Chemistry & Chemical Technology

    1 publications · 13 citations

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