surface roughness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurfaceandroughness
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surface
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.fɪs/us/ˈsɝː-/
the outer or top part or layer ...
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roughness
noun[U]
uk/ˈrʌf.nəs/us/ˈrʌf.nəs/
the quality of not being even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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(Definition ofsurfaceandroughnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These includesurfaceroughness, instability of the meniscus, intermolecular forces, and adsorbed impurities.
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A periodic phenomenon apparently resulting from thesurfaceroughnesswas recognized.
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Both models demonstrated the importance ofsurfaceroughnessin the interfacial coupling process.
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A general trend was observed, relating increase in the number of cells adhering to increase in thesurfaceroughness.
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Here, we would like to point out a possible role whichsurfaceroughnesscould play in the instability of the stagnation flow.
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The second factor makes it very susceptible to the presence ofsurfaceroughness.
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The net polarization varies with the leaf'ssurfaceroughness, internal architecture and health and is difficult to model.
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Influence of inert gas pressure on thesurfaceroughnessof silicon film prepared by pulsed laser deposition.
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The character of the additional stress a t the wall due to the presence of thesurfaceroughnessis described by (2.17).
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The model surface was carefully hand polished to reducesurfaceroughness.
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This paper presents the results of an experimental and analytical investigation undertaken to clarify the influence ofsurfaceroughnesson the mean pressure distributions.
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse modifications of the stagnation flow caused by the presence of a small distributedsurfaceroughness.
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As noted above, the outsidesurfaceroughnesscan be easily measured.
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The latter can be difficult to interpret rigorously because little is known about the cellsurfaceroughnessand the bond distribution between the surfaces.
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Surfaceroughnessis related to the physicochemical properties of the surface; thus the effect ofsurfaceroughnessalone is difficult to measure.
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Secondly, calculations with smallsurfaceroughnesswere successful in predicting not only the location of separation but also some of the detailed features of the boundary layer.
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Chen attributed this effect t osurfaceroughnessand supported his assumption with photographs of the capillary walls.
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Mulchinduced increases insurfaceroughnessprovide early season protection against wind and water erosion that otherwise would lead to the removal or sand-coverage of seedlings.
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Malik (1985)that in the case of rotating disk flow the well-known growing spiral vortices were driven bysurfaceroughness.
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