Orthogonal Intercepts formulas
Estimated thickness based on harmonic mean thickness
- Lh: Harmonic mean thickness
Harmonic mean thickness
- li: Measured thickness
- n: Number of measurements
Estimated thickness based on arithmetic mean thickness
- L0: Arithmetic mean thickness
Arithmetic mean thickness
- li: Measured thickness
- n: Number of measurements
R e f e r e n c e s
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