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SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences ? Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 *Corresponding author (email: yzx10@163.com) ? RESEARCH PAPER ? November 2010 Vol.53 No.11: 3039–3044 doi: 10.1007/s11431-010-4137-7 Mechanical interaction between roots and soil mass in slope vegetation YAN ZhiXin1,2*, YAN ChangMing3 WANG HouYu4 1 Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China (Lanzhou University), Ministry of Education, Lanzhou 730000, China; 2 School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; 3 College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; 4 Air Force Engineering Design Research Bureau, Beijing 100077, China Received March 22, 2010; accepted July 23, 2010 The most basic function of slope vegetation is to strengthen rock and soil mass through plant roots which increase the shear strength of the slope markedly and thereby increase the stability of the slope. However, the calculation of the reinforcement ability of slope vegetation still remains at the stage of judging by experience, because it is rather difficult due to the intricacy and volatility of the force condition of plant roots in rock and soil medium. Although some scholars have tried to study the in- teraction between plant roots and soil mass, the systemic analysis of the mechanical reinforcement mechanism and the contri- bution of plant roots to strengthening the rock and soil mass on the surface of the slope is untapped. In this paper, by analyzing the mechanism of slope vegetation and the corresponding reinforcement effect, the effects that slope vegetation generates on the shear strength of slope soil mass are studied, thereby a theoretical basis for plant protection designing is provided. slope vegetation, mechanical model, herbaceous plant, woody plant Citation: Yan Z X, Yan C M, Wan