TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents a comprehensive methodology for measuring and characterizing the surface topographies on machined steel parts produced by precision machining operations. The performed case studies concern a wide spectrum of topographic features of surfaces with different geometrical structures but the same values of the arithmetic mean height Sa. The tested machining operations included hard turning operations performed with CBN tools, grinding operations with Al2O3 ceramic and CBN wheels and superfinish using ceramic stones. As a result, several characteristic surface textures with the Sa roughness parameter value of about 0.2 μm were thoroughly characterized and compared regarding their potential functional capabilities. Apart from the standard 2D and 3D roughness parameters, the fractal, motif and frequency parameters were taken in the consideration. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107366/PDF/142.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107366 PY - 2017 IS - No 2 EP - 325–335 DO - 10.1515/mms-2017-0027 KW - surface metrology KW - surface topography KW - surface roughness KW - areal parameters KW - machining operations A1 - Grzesik, Wit A1 - Żak, Krzysztof PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Metrology and Scientific Instrumentation VL - vol. 24 DA - 2017.06.30 T1 - Metrological Aspects of Surface Topographies Produced by Different Machining Operations Regarding Their Potential Functionality SP - 325–335 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107366 T2 - Metrology and Measurement Systems ER -