PLANT BIOLOGY - SPECIFICATION AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS --AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING. PLANTS AS ENGINEERING STRUCTURES IN THE CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION AND STABILISATION OF SLOPES. PROCEEDINGS OF A SEMINAR, WOLFSON COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 12, 1987

As the engineer can specify materials used in construction, the bioengineer can accurately specify plant species and methods of propagation to achieve an engineered design. The terminology of plant specification is international. Species can be specified by their generic names, life-form, life-span, rates of growth and rooting system. In new construction works seed (sexual) and woody transplant (asexual) propagation of vegetation virtually dominates. Bioengineering utilises many other methods of asexual propagation. Knowledge of plants enables the bioengineer to determine the most suitable plants to solve specific site problems. The mechanical effects of plants on the prevention of soil surface erosion and the mass movement of soil are discussed.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 814174.

• Corporate Authors:

  CAMBRIDGE BIO-SOIL ENGINEERING LTD

  LINDEN HOUSE, 40 WILBURTON ROAD
  Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Luke, AGR
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 12-25
• Serial:
  • Publication of: CAMBRIDGE BIO-SOIL ENGINEERING LTD
  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE BIO-SOIL ENGINEERING LTD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Earthwork; Erosion; Layout; Motion; Permeability; Porosity; Prevention; Soil stabilization; Soils; Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM