Shear effects on failure of hollow trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Mattheck, C ^a   Bethge, K ^a   Tesari, I ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending failure; Hollow tree; Shear failure; Tree assessment

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS;

BENDING FAILURE; HOLLOW TREES; SHEAR FAILURE; TREE ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY;

BEND STRENGTH; FAILURE; SHEAR STRESS; TREES;

EID: 33645874523     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-005-0044-0     Document Type: Article

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