Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem
Plant can take water from soil up to several metres high. However, the mechanism of how water rises against gravity is still controversially discussed despite a few mechanisms have been proposed. Also, there still lacks of a critical transportation model because of the diversity and complex xylem st...
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| author | Hong, Jiaju Liu, Sheng Glover, Paul Wu, Shenyi Yan, Yuying |
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| description | Plant can take water from soil up to several metres high. However, the mechanism of how water rises against gravity is still controversially discussed despite a few mechanisms have been proposed. Also, there still lacks of a critical transportation model because of the diversity and complex xylem structure of plants. This paper mainly focuses on the water transport process within xylem and a mathematical model is presented. With a simplified micro channel from xylem structure and the calculation using the model of water migration in xylem, this paper identified the relationship between various forces and water migration velocity. The velocity of water migration within the plant stem is considered as detail as possible using all major forces involved, and a full mathematical model is proposed to calculate and predict the velocity of water migration in plants. Using details of a specific plant, the velocity of water migration in the plant can be calculated, and then compared to the experimental result from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The two results match perfectly to each other, indicating the accuracy of the mathematical model, thus the mathematical model should have brighter future in further applications. |
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| spelling | nottingham-462572020-05-04T19:13:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46257/ Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem Hong, Jiaju Liu, Sheng Glover, Paul Wu, Shenyi Yan, Yuying Plant can take water from soil up to several metres high. However, the mechanism of how water rises against gravity is still controversially discussed despite a few mechanisms have been proposed. Also, there still lacks of a critical transportation model because of the diversity and complex xylem structure of plants. This paper mainly focuses on the water transport process within xylem and a mathematical model is presented. With a simplified micro channel from xylem structure and the calculation using the model of water migration in xylem, this paper identified the relationship between various forces and water migration velocity. The velocity of water migration within the plant stem is considered as detail as possible using all major forces involved, and a full mathematical model is proposed to calculate and predict the velocity of water migration in plants. Using details of a specific plant, the velocity of water migration in the plant can be calculated, and then compared to the experimental result from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The two results match perfectly to each other, indicating the accuracy of the mathematical model, thus the mathematical model should have brighter future in further applications. Elsevier 2017-10-20 Article PeerReviewed Hong, Jiaju, Liu, Sheng, Glover, Paul, Wu, Shenyi and Yan, Yuying (2017) Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 14 (4). pp. 622-630. ISSN 1672-6529 Plant water migration mathematical model MRI bionic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672652916604286 doi:10.1016/S1672-6529(16)60428-6 doi:10.1016/S1672-6529(16)60428-6 |
| spellingShingle | Plant water migration mathematical model MRI bionic Hong, Jiaju Liu, Sheng Glover, Paul Wu, Shenyi Yan, Yuying Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title | Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title_full | Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title_fullStr | Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title_short | Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| title_sort | mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem |
| topic | Plant water migration mathematical model MRI bionic |
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