Objective
It is now widely accepted that the nature of the topography of a surface has a significant influence on the efficiency and functional performance of the surface and in order to fully study and control surface manufacture, studies need to be carried out from a 3-D perspective. The vast majority of research, industrial applications and national international roughness standards were based on 2-D measurement techniques. The assumptions was that 2-D profiles were a sufficiently valid representation of 3-D surfaces; however it is now clear that the characteristics of surfaces cannot be completely interpreted without 3-D information. Clearly a basis for written standards for 3D surface characterisation is needed.
The research concentrates on the visual and statistical characterisation, calibration, filtering of surface mapping data. The proposed measurement procedures and surface characterisation parameters will undergo rigorous examination on a range of engineering surfaces so that functional significance can be determined and their validity demonstrated. The overall objective will be clear and unambiguous:-
1) The work will provide tested and validated procedures and techniques that help industry to carry out better surface measurements, which conform to a recognised written standards under the GPS format.
2) Additionally the work will provide a basis for technical communication by standardising measurement procedures and instrument calibration and surface characterisation. This serves towards the facilitation of a common set of procedures which will be used by the large surface topography community within the E.U.
The workprogramme will be split into 7 parallel workpackages dealing with the issues of surface parameterisation and parameter verification, 3D filtering, areal characterisation, instrumentation calibration of optical, stylus and AFM instruments. Surface data archiving and as a result the drafting of the basis of new written surface roughness standards will also be addressed. To illustrate the usefulness of the above work a range of functional surface behaviours will be investigated through the implementation of 3D surface measurement and characterisation techniques. The surfaces include automotive cylinder bores, sheet steel, bearings and human hip joint replacement surfaces. Finally sensible guidelines for the industrial implementation of 3D techniques for the assessment of functional surfaces will be outlined.
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HD1 3DH Huddersfield
United Kingdom
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