Living in a physical world XI. To twist or bend when stressed

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-655

  Vogel, Steven ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Elastic moduli; Rigidity; Stiffness; Torsion

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; METAL;

BIOPHYSICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRESS; TORSION;

ASPEN; ELASTICITY; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; TORSION; WOOD;

STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34848838565     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0064-6     Document Type: Review

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