A new approach for the limit to tree height using a liquid nanolayer model
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Publication:1018488
DOI10.1007/S00161-008-0084-YzbMATH Open1160.76318arXiv0809.3529OpenAlexW1996268055MaRDI QIDQ1018488FDOQ1018488
Authors: H. Gouin 
Publication date: 20 May 2009
Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Liquids in contact with solids are submitted to intermolecular forces inferring density gradients at the walls. The van der Waals forces make liquid heterogeneous, the stress tensor is not any more spherical as in homogeneous bulks and it is possible to obtain stable thin liquid films wetting vertical walls up to altitudes that incompressible fluid models are not forecasting. Application to micro tubes of xylem enables to understand why the ascent of sap is possible for very high trees like sequoias or giant eucalyptus.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3529
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