Computational fluid dynamics models of conifer bordered pits show how pit structure affects flow

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 721-729

  Schulte, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Margo; Navier Stokes; Pit membrane; Resistance; Torus; Xylem structure function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; FLUID FLOW; MEMBRANE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORE SPACE; SAP FLOW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FLOW; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SPRUCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XYLEM;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PICEA; POROSITY; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84855793106     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03986.x     Document Type: Article

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