Anisotropic Poisson processes of cylinders (Q429978)

The author determines main characteristics of stationary anisotropic Poisson processes of cylinders (dilated \(k\)-dimensional flats) in \(d\)-dimensional Euclidean space. In particular, he finds the closed form expressions for the capacity functional of the random set obtained as the union of cylinders, and specialises the general formula to determine the covariance function and the contact distribution function of this random set. The specific surface area is also determined. It is shown how the obtained summary characteristics can be optimised to achieve the required physical properties of the material modelled by means of the cylinder process.