| Issue |
EPL
Volume 91, Number 1, July 2010
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 18001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/91/18001 | |
| Published online | 19 July 2010 | |
Elastic cavitation, tube hollowing, and differential growth in plants and biological tissues
1
OCCAM, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford - Oxford, UK, EU
2
Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA
Received:
7
May
2010
Accepted:
16
June
2010
Elastic cavitation is a well-known physical process by which elastic materials under stress can open cavities. Usually, cavitation is induced by applied loads on the elastic body. However, growing materials may generate stresses in the absence of applied loads and could induce cavity opening. Here, we demonstrate the possibility of spontaneous growth-induced cavitation in elastic materials and consider the implications of this phenomenon to biological tissues and in particular to the problem of schizogenous aerenchyma formation.
PACS: 87.85.gp – Mechanical systems / 46.32.+x – Static buckling and instability / 89.20.-a – Interdisciplinary applications of physics
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