Applications of Finite Element Analyses to Problems in Plant Morphology
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 41 (1) , 133-153
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085261
Abstract
Methods of describing the geometry and position of cells by means of the finite method are applied to selected extant (Fucus, Cutleria, and Calypogeia) and fossil plant genera (Protosaloinia, Spongiophyton, and Parka). The gross morphology and some aspects of the ontogeny of these six genera are simulated by means of computer; the pseudo- and parenchymatous tissue organizations are mathematically characterized. Simulated representations of living (Fucus and Cutleria) and fossil algae (Protosalcinia, Spongio phyton, and Parka) are shown to be distinctively different from those of the bryophytes. The application of the finite element method to problems of plant morphology makes possible the dynamic simulations of some aspects of growth and development in living plants, and the extrapolation of missing stages in the ontogeny of fossil plants.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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