Tree stability under wind: Simulating uprooting with root breakage using a finite element method

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 695-709

  Yang, Ming ^a   Défossez, Pauline ^a   Danjon, Frederic ^b,c   Fourcaud, Thierry ^d  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

ABAQUS; coarse root architecture; failure modelling; finite element method; functional structural plant modelling; maritime pine; Pinus pinaster; root mechanical properties; soil mechanical strength; Tree anchorage; windthrow

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOT SYSTEM; TIMBER; WINDTHROW;

EUROPE;

PINUS PINASTER;

SOIL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOIL; TREE; WIND;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; TREES; WIND;

EID: 84910613823     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu122     Document Type: Article

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