A new approach for the limit to tree height using a liquid nanolayer model

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-329

  Gouin, Henri ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ascent of sap; High trees; Inhomogeneous liquids; Nanofilms; Van der Waals forces

Indexed keywords

ASCENT OF SAP; DENSITY GRADIENTS; HETEROGENEOUS; HIGH TREES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; INHOMOGENEOUS LIQUIDS; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; NANOFILMS; NEW APPROACHES; STRESS TENSORS; THIN LIQUID FILMS; TREE HEIGHTS; VERTICAL WALLS;

ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID FILMS; LIQUIDS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; TRUCKS;

VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EID: 54149086285     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-008-0084-y     Document Type: Article

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