Why don't branches snap? The mechanics of bending failure in three temperate angiosperm trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 789-797

  van Casteren, A ^a   Sellers, W I ^a   Thorpe, S K S ^b   Coward, S ^b   Crompton, R H ^c   Ennos, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending; Branch; Buckling; Greenstick fracture; Wood

Indexed keywords

BRANCH; LONGITUDINAL COMPRESSION; TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION; TRANSVERSE STRESS; TREE BRANCHES; WOOD ANATOMY;

BENDING (FORMING); BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FORESTRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

FRACTURE;

BENDING; BRANCHES; BUCKLING; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; FORESTRY; FRACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SALIX; SALIX ALBA;

EID: 84860426810     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0650-y     Document Type: Article

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