Multiple resonance damping or how do trees escape dangerously large oscillations?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1603-1611

  Spatz, Hanns Christof ^a   Brüchert, Franka ^b   Pfisterer, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Württemberg Forest Research Institute of the state of Baden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Damping; Douglas fir; Oscillations; Resonance; Theory of bending vibrations

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DAMPING; EIGENVALUE; EVERGREEN TREE; OSCILLATION; RESONANCE; STEM;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 35349020429     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.10.1603     Document Type: Article

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