Dynamic loading of trees

Journal of Arboriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-171

  James, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bending; Branches; Cables; Drag; Dynamic forces; Failure; Frequencies; Loads; Mass damping; Model; Stability; Strength; Structure; Wind; Windthrow; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244411613     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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