Damped oscillations of the giant reed Arundo donax (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 789-796

  Speck, Olga ^a   Spatz, Hanns Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic damping; Arundo donax; Biomechanics; Material damping; Oscillation; Plants; Structural damping

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DAMPING; STEM; WIND;

ARUNDO DONAX; POACEAE;

EID: 31944446065     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.6.789     Document Type: Article

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