Material stiffness, branching pattern and soil matric potential affect the pullout resistance of model root systems

By S. Mickovski, Anthony Glyn Bengough, M. F. Bransby, M. Davies, P. Hallett, R. Sonnenberg. 2007

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Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plant Science

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Mechanical interactions between neighbouring roots during pullout tests (2012, unknown): “…strength, soil compression, the number of branching points, tortuosity, Young’s modulus, and root-soil friction (Waldron 1977; Abe and Iwamoto 1986; Gray and Barker 2004; Stokes et al. 2005; Wu 2007; Mickovski et al. 2007, 2009; Pollen 2008; Schwarz et al. 2010c; Sivakumar Babu et al. 2008).”
Engineering ecological protection against landslides in diverse mountain forests: Choosing cohesion models (2012, unknown): “A greater number of roots and diversity of branching angles will increase the thickness of the shear zone (Abe and Ziemer, 1991; Mickovski et al., 2007).”
Influence of root characteristics and soil variables on the uprooting mechanics of Avena sativa and Medicago sativa seedlings (2014, background): “Both real (Bailey et al., 2002; Ennos, 1989; 1990) and artificial (Dupuy et al., 2005; Mickovski et al., 2007, 2009) plants have been tested.”
Simulation of direct shear tests on rooted and non-rooted soil using finite element analysis (2011, background): “Robust theoretical models exist for the behaviour of roots in the root–soil matrix (Wu et al., 1988; Pollen and Simon, 2005; Dupuy et al., 2005a; Mickovski et al., 2007; Fourcaud et al., 2008), yet the highly variable nature of both plant and soil properties poses a problem when general models need ”
An analytical fiber bundle model for pullout mechanics of root bundles (2011, background): “In pullout tests of roots in soil [e.g., Mickovski et al., 2007 ], tortuosity reduces the stress‐strain slope past a small displacement andcausesroots tofailathigherdisplacements.”