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Biomechanics of the giant reed Arundo donax

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: The quantitative description of local buckling of hollow plant stems requires the knowledge of Young's modulus in the longitudinal and tangential directions for the different tissues of which the stem is composed. For thick–walled stems the shear modulus for the radial–tangential plane is needed for an advanced treatment of the process of ovalization. The primary causes of failure can be predicted if critical compressive strains in the longitudinal direction and critical tensile strains in the tangential direction are known. All of these mechanical properties and their variation along the length of the stem can be measured in Arundo donax .

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0001

Authors: H.-Ch. Spatz, H. Beismann, F. Brüchert, A. Emanns, Th. Speck

Institution: University of Freiburg

Language: English

Topic: Tree Root and Stability Studies

Subfield: Forestry

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2042844965

FWCI: 12.98

Cites: 9

Cited by: 111

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