A new approach for the limit to tree height using a liquid nanolayer model

DOI10.1007/S00161-008-0084-YMaRDI QIDQ1018488zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors H. Gouin

Publication date 20 May 2009

Published in Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3529

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15) Foundations, constitutive equations, rheology, hydrodynamical models of non-fluid phenomena (76A99)

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.

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