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Second-order analysis by variograms for curvature measures of two-phase structures

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  • C. H. Arns
  • J. Mecke
  • K. Mecke
  • D. Stoyan

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Second-order characteristics are important in the description of various geometrical structures occurring in foams, porous media, complex fluids, and phase separation processes. The classical second order characteristics are pair correlation functions, which are well-known in the context of point fields and mass distributions. This paper studies systematically these and further characteristics from a unified standpoint, based on four so-called curvature measures, volume, surface area, integral of mean curvature and Euler characteristic. Their statistical estimation is straightforward only in the case of the volume measure, for which the pair correlation function is traditionally called the two-point correlation function. For the other three measures a statistical method is described which yields smoothed surrogates for pair correlation functions, namely variograms. Variograms lead to an enhanced understanding of the variability of the geometry of two-phase structures and can help in finding suitable models. The use of the statistical method is demonstrated for simulated samples related to Poisson-Voronoi tessellations, for experimental 3D images of Fontainebleau sandstone and for two samples of industrial foams. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2005

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  • C. H. Arns & J. Mecke & K. Mecke & D. Stoyan, 2005. "Second-order analysis by variograms for curvature measures of two-phase structures," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 47(3), pages 397-409, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:47:y:2005:i:3:p:397-409
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2005-00338-5
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    1. Lachièze-Rey, Raphaël, 2019. "Bicovariograms and Euler characteristic of random fields excursions," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 129(11), pages 4687-4703.
    2. Claudia Redenbach & Joachim Ohser & Ali Moghiseh, 2016. "Second-Order Characteristics of the Edge System of Random Tessellations and the PPI Value of Foams," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 18(1), pages 59-79, March.

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