[1]LI Ke,ZHU Haili,SONG Lu,et al.Relationship Between Tensile Properties and Microstructure of Two Typical Plant Roots in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2018,25(02):240-249.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
25
Number of periods:
2018 02
Page number:
240-249
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Public date:
2018-04-03
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Relationship Between Tensile Properties and Microstructure of Two Typical Plant Roots in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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LI Ke1, ZHU Haili1,2, SONG Lu1, LI Guorong1,2, XIE Binshan1, LI Benfeng1
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1. Department of Geological Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China;
2. Key Lab of Cenozoic Resource & Environment in North Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, Xining 810016, China
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- Keywords:
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tensile strength; gauge length; stretching rate; stress-strain curve; SEM
- CLC:
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S718
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- Abstract:
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In order to study relationship between the tensile properties of root system and the root microstructure of two common slope protection vegetations in the slope and road cutting of eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the single root tensile test and SEM test of Caragana korshinskii Kom. and Poa pratensis L. were carried out to study the tensile properties of root system and its relationship with the microstructure. The results showed that the root tensile resistances of the two plants increase exponentially with the increase of diameter; the tensile strength of roots decreases with the increase follows the diameter as a power function or an exponential function. The average tensile resistance of Poa pratensis L. root reaches its maximum at the 40 mm gauge length, while the average tensile resistance of Caragana korshinskii Kom. root reaches its maximum when the gauge length distance is 80 mm; at different stretching rates, the tensile resistance and tensile strength of two kinds of plant roots reach the maximum under the stretching rate of 3 mm/min, and the tensile strength of two plants under the stretching rate of 5 mm/min and 10 mm/min does not change significantly. The stress-strain curve of two plants shows the single-peak curve without obvious necking phenomenon, and it has the characteristics of elastic-plastic material. The herbs Poa pratensis L. roots with smaller diameter possesses higher tensile strength and greater extension properties. By observing the microscopic structure, the pore diameter of the cross sections of Caragana korshinskii Kom. and Poa pratensis L. decrease with the increase of the stretching rate, the decrease ranges are 91.25% and 45.41%, respectively, and the extent of epidermal destruction accordingly decreases. The extent of epidermal tear and the extent of epidermal elongation in tensile cross section decrease with the increase of stretching rate and elongation.