Failure mode and prediction of the strength of branch attachments

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 308-316

  Kane, Brian ^a   Farrell, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch attachment; Breaking stress; Included bark; Tree risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BARK; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH; TREE;

EID: 54849406810     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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