Affiliation:
1. Institut fur Biologie III, Universitat Freiburg, Germany. spatz@uni-freiburg.de
Abstract
The mechanical characteristics of the strengthening tissue of young axes of Aristolochia macrophylla were studied in successive loading-unloading cycles in tension. Elastic, viscoelastic and plastic deformations could be distinguished. After the first cycle, the material was in a state different from its original state, to which it returned only partially and/or slowly. Internal ‘microstructural’ prestresses are considered as an explanation for the mechanical behaviour seen in Aristolochia macrophylla and several other plants.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
48 articles.
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