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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 202, Issue 23 3269-3272, Copyright © 1999 by Company of Biologists

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Mechanical behaviour of plant tissues: composite materials or structures?

H Spatz, L Kohler and KJ Niklas
Institut fur Biologie III, Universitat Freiburg, Germany. spatz@uni-freiburg.de

The mechanical characteristics of the strengthening tissue of young axes of Aristolochia macrophylla were studied in successive loading-unloading cycles in tension. Elastic, viscoelastic and plastic deformations could be distinguished. After the first cycle, the material was in a state different from its original state, to which it returned only partially and/or slowly. Internal 'microstructural' prestresses are considered as an explanation for the mechanical behaviour seen in Aristolochia macrophylla and several other plants.


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