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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Бібліографічні деталі
Автори: Goriely, A, Neukirch, S
Формат: Journal article
Мова:English
Опубліковано: 2006