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A Random Walk Through Fractal Dimensions Brian H. Kaye (VCH Publishers, 1989), 421 pages ISBN: 0-89573-888-0
The rapidly burgeoning interest in fractals has led to a prolifération of books devoted to this subject. Some of thèse books are technical, others descriptive, but ail focus on some subset of fractals that the author finds especially interesting, or with which he or she is particularly well acquainted. The ambitious, global titles given to thèse books thus often belie the limited topical terrain actually explored. Brian Kaye well understands that the diverse applications of fractal geometry prevent linear organization and thinking, and so has appropriately entitled his book to properly reflect the nature of this field. From the perspective of the bicameral brain, the audience to whom this book will appeal will tend to think somewhere right of center; rather than offering a treatise on the calculus of fractal geometry, the author has demonstrated the descriptive power of fractal geometry when brought to bear upon common materials problems. In
seeking to broaden the appeal of his book, Kaye has assiduously avoided the use of équations, preferring verbal explanations to the mathematical minutiae offered in much of the fractals literature. However, sufficient références are given that the fractals prosélyte should hâve no difficulty filling in the technical détails. In applying fractal geometry to materials problems, the author has drawn heavily on his background in fine particle science. For example, methods are given for determining the profile dimension of such fine particles as diesel soot, coal dust, sponge iron, welding dust etc., and the practical limitations of thèse computational techniques are discussed. In addition, the fractal aspects of many fine particle problems are discussed, including fine particle production through comminution, powder mixing, spray déposition processes, fragmentation processes, filtration of fine particles, aggregation and agglomération, pigmented coatings, dust explosions, etc. Indeed, no stone is left unturned in the quest for applications of fractal geometry to fine particle problems. Along the way the reader becomes well acquainted with the
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