Oscillation frequencies of tapered plant stems

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Spatz, Hanns Christof ^a   Speck, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arundo donax; Differential equations; Free oscillation; Taper; Top load

Indexed keywords

STEM;

ARUNDO DONAX;

EID: 0036186164     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.1.1     Document Type: Article

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