An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures

The spatial variation of cell size in a functionally graded cellular structure is achieved using error diffusion to convert a continuous tone image into binary form. Effects of two control parameters, greyscale value and resolution on the resulting cell size measures were investigated. Variation in...

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Main Authors: Brackett, D., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R.D., Hague, Richard J.M.
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44744/
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author Brackett, D.
Ashcroft, I.
Wildman, R.D.
Hague, Richard J.M.
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Wildman, R.D.
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description The spatial variation of cell size in a functionally graded cellular structure is achieved using error diffusion to convert a continuous tone image into binary form. Effects of two control parameters, greyscale value and resolution on the resulting cell size measures were investigated. Variation in cell edge length was greatest for the Voronoi connection scheme, particularly at certain parameter combinations. Relationships between these parameters and cell size were identified and applied to an example, where the target was to control the minimum and maximum cell size. In both cases there was an 8% underestimation of cell area for target regions.
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spelling nottingham-447442020-05-04T16:48:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44744/ An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures Brackett, D. Ashcroft, I. Wildman, R.D. Hague, Richard J.M. The spatial variation of cell size in a functionally graded cellular structure is achieved using error diffusion to convert a continuous tone image into binary form. Effects of two control parameters, greyscale value and resolution on the resulting cell size measures were investigated. Variation in cell edge length was greatest for the Voronoi connection scheme, particularly at certain parameter combinations. Relationships between these parameters and cell size were identified and applied to an example, where the target was to control the minimum and maximum cell size. In both cases there was an 8% underestimation of cell area for target regions. Elsevier 2014-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Brackett, D., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R.D. and Hague, Richard J.M. (2014) An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures. Computers & Structures, 138 . pp. 102-111. ISSN 0045-7949 Cellular structure Functional grading Error diffusion Additive manufacturing Voronoi Delaunay https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.03.004 doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.03.004 doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2014.03.004
spellingShingle Cellular structure
Functional grading
Error diffusion
Additive manufacturing
Voronoi
Delaunay
Brackett, D.
Ashcroft, I.
Wildman, R.D.
Hague, Richard J.M.
An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title_full An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title_fullStr An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title_full_unstemmed An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title_short An error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
title_sort error diffusion based method to generate functionally graded cellular structures
topic Cellular structure
Functional grading
Error diffusion
Additive manufacturing
Voronoi
Delaunay
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44744/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44744/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44744/