Software development for modeling irregular fine protrusions formed by sputter etching

• Published in: Visual computing for industry, biomedicine and art Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 11
• Main Authors: Gao, Sande, Nakasa, Keijiro, Huang, Loulin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 07.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Biomimetics; CAE) and Design; Computer Graphics; Computer Imaging; Computer Science; Computer simulation; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD; Electromagnetic absorption; Etching; Experimentation; Fine protrusions; Geometric modeling; Geometric Modelling and Processing for Mixed Reality Technology; Hermite surface; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Media Design; Modelling; Original; Original Article; Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Software development; Tribology; Vision; Fine protrusions; Hermite surface; Software development; Geometric modeling
• ISSN: 2524-4442; 2096-496X; 2524-4442
• DOI: 10.1186/s42492-020-00047-9

Irregular fine protrusions formed on the surface of a mechanical part through biomimetic technology can enhance the part’s properties, including tribology, self-cleaning, and light absorption. However, underlying principles for the formation of fine protrusions according to the requirements of their shapes, sizes, and material distributions have not been studied sufficiently. This paper presents the software development for modeling irregular fine protrusions, which is essential for the simulation, experimentation, and analysis of fine protrusions formed by sputter etching.