Oscillations of plants' stems and their damping: Theory and experimentation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1437, 2003, Pages 1487-1492

  Brüchert, Franka ^a   Speck, Olga ^a   Spatz, Hanns Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Differential equations; Oscillations; Plant stems; Structural damping

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DAMPING;

ARUNDO DONAX; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0141814641     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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