Mechanical Characteristics of Typical Plant Leaves

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摘要 Plantleafisanaturalcompositebiomaterial,anditsstrengthiscloselyrelatedtothemicrostructure.Inthispaper,themechanicalcharacteristicsofeightspeciesofplantleaveswereinvestigatedandanalyzed.Theultimatestrengthofleavesandthehardnessofleafsurfacesweremeasuredbyusinguniversaltestingmachineandnanoindentertester,respectively.Thetensilestrengthoftheparallelmicrostructurewasinvestigatedbasedonitscross-sectionalmechanicalmodel.Theresultsoftensiontestsindicatethattheultimatestrengthofaleafisrelatedtothematerialcompositionandstructure.Thecoriaceousleavesusuallyexhibithighertensilestrength.Forexample,thePhyllostachyspubescensleafcanachievethemaximumultimatestrengthof5.9091N·mm-2.Itisconcludedfromtheresultsofhardnessteststhatmaterialcomponentsofleafsurfacecaninfluencethesurfacehardnessevidently.Theleafsurfacecomposedofmoreligninandcellulosematerialsshowsahighersurfacehardnessthanthatcomposedofmorecarbohydratesmaterials.
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出版日期 2010年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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