Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station

Among the phenomena attributable to the Moon’s actions on living organisms, one of them seems to be related to analytical fluid mechanics: along the route of the International Space Station around the Earth, experiments on plants have revealed leaf oscillations. A parametric resonance due to a short...

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Autor principal:	Henri Gouin
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	leaves oscillations lunisolar effects the International Space Station parametric resonance Plant ecology QK900-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c4798fb8dc0c4536a3fcada30d7b65b12021-11-25T17:37:20ZAnalytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station10.3390/f121114431999-4907https://doaj.org/article/c4798fb8dc0c4536a3fcada30d7b65b12021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/11/1443https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4907Among the phenomena attributable to the Moon’s actions on living organisms, one of them seems to be related to analytical fluid mechanics: along the route of the International Space Station around the Earth, experiments on plants have revealed leaf oscillations. A parametric resonance due to a short period of microgravitational forces could explain these oscillations. Indeed, Rayleigh-Taylor’s instabilities occurring at the interfaces between liquid-water and its vapor verify a second-order <i>Mathieu differential equation</i>. This is the case of interfaces existing in the xylem channels of plant stems filled with sap and air-vapor. The magnitude of the instabilities depends on the distances between the Moon, the Sun, and the Earth. They are analogous, but less spectacular, to those that occur during ocean tides.Henri GouinMDPI AGarticleleaves oscillationslunisolar effectsthe International Space Stationparametric resonancePlant ecologyQK900-989ENForests, Vol 12, Iss 1443, p 1443 (2021)
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spellingShingle	leaves oscillations lunisolar effects the International Space Station parametric resonance Plant ecology QK900-989 Henri Gouin Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
description	Among the phenomena attributable to the Moon’s actions on living organisms, one of them seems to be related to analytical fluid mechanics: along the route of the International Space Station around the Earth, experiments on plants have revealed leaf oscillations. A parametric resonance due to a short period of microgravitational forces could explain these oscillations. Indeed, Rayleigh-Taylor’s instabilities occurring at the interfaces between liquid-water and its vapor verify a second-order <i>Mathieu differential equation</i>. This is the case of interfaces existing in the xylem channels of plant stems filled with sap and air-vapor. The magnitude of the instabilities depends on the distances between the Moon, the Sun, and the Earth. They are analogous, but less spectacular, to those that occur during ocean tides.
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title	Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
title_short	Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
title_full	Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
title_fullStr	Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
title_full_unstemmed	Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station
title_sort	analytical calculations of some effects of tidal forces on plants on the international space station
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Analytical Calculations of Some Effects of Tidal Forces on Plants on the International Space Station

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