Quantifying the attachment strength of climbing plants: A new approach

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1497-1504

  Steinbrecher, Tina ^a   Danninger, Elisabeth ^b   Harder, Deane ^b   Speck, Thomas ^b   Kraft, Oliver ^a   Schwaiger, Ruth ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment strength; Climbing plants; Permanent attachment; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

ATTACHMENT STRENGTH; CAMPSIS RADICANS; CLIMBING PLANT; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; HEDERA HELIXES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEW APPROACHES; PERMANENT ATTACHMENT; PLANT SPECIES; SUPPORTING STRUCTURE;

TENSILE TESTING;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CLIMBING PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; IVY; MECHANICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CAMPSIS RADICANS; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; PARTHENOCISSUS TRICUSPIDATA;

EID: 77149143535     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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