A fractal curve created from the base curve and motif illustrated above (Lauwerier 1991, p. 37).

As illustrated above, the number of segments after the th iteration is

and the length of each segment is given by

so the capacity dimension is

			(3)
			(4)
			(5)
			(6)

(Mandelbrot 1983, p. 48).

The term Minkowski sausage is also used to refer to the Minkowski cover of a curve.