Fractal Geometry Surface Modeling and Measurement for Musical Cymbal Surface Texture Design and Rapid Manufacturing

Abstract:

This paper aims at an equation based simulation, CAD modeling and manufacturing of a fractal surface embedded on a musical cymbal. This study is a proof-of-concept of a new method of complex-surface characterization, design and manufacturing using an equation-based approach. A cymbal shape was chosen to carry the fractal profile because generally most musical cymbals have an inherent broken surface pattern that is created to enhance the resulting musical quality. A fractal surface cymbal model was developed; a point cloud representation of the cymbal was generated from Matlab; a surface model was built and processed in image data processing software Imageware; a solid model was completed in CAD software PRO/E; a rapid prototype of the fractal surface cymbal was fabricated; and MasterCam software was used to generate CNC codes and simulate the CNC machining process. The effect of the variation of the parameters of the equation based surface is also shown by varying the topothesy and fractal parameter of the surface.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 145-149
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.437.145
• Online since: May 2010
• Authors: Jack Zhou, Ananth Vas, Denis Blackmore
• Keywords: Cymbal Surface, Fractal Geometry, Rapid Prototyping (RP), Surface Modeling

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