Biomechanics of a branch - Stem junction in softwood

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-648

  Müller, Ulrich ^a   Gindl, Wolfgang ^b   Jeronimidis, George ^c  

^a KOMPETENZZENTRUM HOLZ GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branch stem junction; Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI); Polyester; Strain distribution; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYESTERS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BRANCH - STEM JUNCTION; ELECTRONIC SPECKLE PATTERN INTERFEROMETRY (ESPI); JUNCTION AREA; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION;

SOFTWOODS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYESTERS; SOFTWOODS; STRAINS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33747886806     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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