Geometrical and material properties of Sonneratia alba mangrove roots

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 285-297

  Zhang, Xiaofeng ^a   Chua, Vivien P ^a   Cheong, Hin Fatt ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Photogrammetry; Pneumatophores; Resonance; Root deflection; Young s modulus

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DRAG; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RESONANCE;

DEFLECTION CALCULATIONS; FORCING FREQUENCIES; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMIC LOADING; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; PNEUMATOPHORES; SPATIAL DENSITIES; VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION;

BENDING STRENGTH;

EID: 84925467144     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1117-8     Document Type: Article

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