THE BIFRACTAL STRATIFIED CHARACTERIZATION OF A PLATEAU HONING CYLINDER LINER SURFACE PROFILE DURING THE WEARING PROCESS

Abstract

In the current study, we propose a bifractal stratified characterization method to evaluate the surface profile evolution of a plateau honing cylinder liner during the wear process. This method is suitable for the characterization of two-process and worn surface profiles with bifractal and stratified characteristics. We develop a bifractal truncated separation structure function method to calculate the characterization parameters of the proposed method. In particular, the upper- and lower-strata surface profiles are truncated and separated in order to calculate their fractal parameters. Experimental results demonstrate the ability of the proposed method to outperform the traditional fractal method in characterizing the evolution of the plateau honing cylinder liner surface profile during the wearing process.