An approach for estimating resistance of Japanese cedar to snow accretion damage

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 83-96

  Kato, Akio ^a   Nakatani, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Toyama Forestry and Forest Products Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buckling load; Critical snowfall; Estimation system; Japanese cedar; Simulation; Snow load; Snow accretion damage

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SNOW; TREE;

JAPAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0034666606     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00300-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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