Structured surfaces are of high interest in the manufacturing world, allowing for functionality to be applied to materials through nothing more than a change in the surface topography or an application of a surface coating. ...

The manufacture of metre–scale mirror segments for telescopes requires measurement with low uncertainty to enable accurate form correction. The uncertainty of this measurement has a direct effect upon the time to manufacture ...

Air bearings today are extensively used in the industry, the manufacturing processes involved in fabricating these bearings are complicated and have major drawbacks. The current research investigates the failure of aerostatic ...