Effects of gauge length and strain rate on the tensile strength of tree roots

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1577-1584

  Zhang, Chaobo ^a   Chen, Lihua ^b   Jiang, Jing ^a   Zhou, Shuo ^c  

^a TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CO   (China)

Author keywords

Gauge length; Root reinforcement; Root tensile strength; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

GAUGE LENGTH; MONGOLIAN OAKS; NORTHERN CHINA; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; QUERCUS; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT REINFORCEMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT TENSILE STRENGTH; SOIL STABILIZATION; TREE ROOT; TREE SPECIES; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST;

FORESTRY; GAGES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILIZATION; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHINA; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOTS; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILIZATION; STRAINS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTS;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. PRINCIPIS-RUPPRECHTII; PINUS TABULIFORMIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 84866439521     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0732-5     Document Type: Article

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