Development of methods for the characterisation of roughness in three dimensions

1. Updating introduction to this revised reprint 2. An integrated approach to the assessment of 3-D micro-topography 3. Techniques and fidelity of data collection 4. Measurement strategy of the stylus instrument 5. Effects of stylus geometry and loading 6. Fidelity of the measurement datum 7. The selection of sampling conditions 8. Specification for a unified data file format 9. Reference for 3-D topography characterisation 10. Digital filtering of 3-D surface topography 11. Characterisation techniques 12. Parameters for characterising 3-D surfaces 13. The effects of quantisation on 3-D topography characterisation 14. Functional characterisation of engineering surfaces 15. Calibration of surface topography instruments.