Mechanics of plant fruit hooks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 81, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b   Gorb, Elena ^b   Pugno, Nicola ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Force displacement curves; Plant hooks; Velcro; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FRUITS;

EULER BERNOULLI BEAM THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; SEED DISPERSAL; VELCRO; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

HOOKS;

AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; ARTICLE; CIRCEA LUTETIANA; ELASTICITY; EULER BERNOULLI BEAM THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GEUM URBANUM; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT FRUIT HOOK; PLANT STRUCTURES; PREDICTION; THEORY; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GALIUM; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; ONAGRACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROSACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FRUIT; GALIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONAGRACEAE; PLANT STRUCTURES; ROSACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875747494     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0913     Document Type: Article

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