Mechanical Reinforcement of Soil by Willow Roots: Impacts of Root Properties and Root Failure Mechanism

By S. Mickovski, Paul D. Hallett, M. F. Bransby, M. Davies, Rene Sonnenberg, A. G. Bengough. 2009

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Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

• An analytical fiber bundle model for pullout mechanics of root bundles (2011, methodology): “For lack of a better and simpler approach, estimates of root‐permeated soil shear strength [e.g., Riestenberg and Sovonick‐Dunford, 1983; Zhou et al., 1998; Fan and Su, 2008; Mickovski et al., 2009 ] have for decades used the apparent root cohesion model first pioneered by Waldron[1977] andWu et al”
• Scaling of the reinforcement of soil slopes by living plants in a geotechnical centrifuge (2017, methodology): “…tested in a centrifuge at a graviational acceleration of 15g (i.e., N = 15), according to the centrifuge caling laws, the root diameter at prototype scale would be 3 mm, here the root tensile strength of Willow in the field is less than 0 MPa for roots larger than 3 mm (Mickovski et al., 2009).”
• Engineering ecological protection against landslides in diverse mountain forests: Choosing cohesion models (2012, unknown): “In conclusion, and in agreement with Thomas and Pollen-Bankhead (2010), we suggest the use of FBM models with load distributed equally over all intact roots and that thick roots do not fail before fine roots (Mickovski et al., 2009).”
• Root-soil mechanical interactions during pullout and failure of root bundles (2010, methodology): “, variation of diameter with length, branching points, tortuosity) contribute to the mechanical behavior of individual roots [Dupuy et al., 2005;Mickovski et al., 2009].”
• 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.”
• 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).”