Mechanics of climbing and attachment in twining plants.
Twining plants achieve vertical growth by revolving around supports of different sizes on which they exert a pressure. This observation raises many intriguing questions that are addressed within the framework of elastic filamentary structures by modeling the stem close to the apex as a growing elast...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2006
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