Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of contributors
- Part I Airflow over topography and in forests
- Part II Mechanics of trees under wind loading
- 7 Understanding wind forces on trees
- 8 Modelling mechanical stresses in living Sitka spruce stems
- 9 Experimental analysis and mechanical modelling of windinduced tree sways
- 10 Failure modes of trees and related failure criteria
- 11 An experimental investigation of the effects of dynamic loading on coniferous trees planted on wet mineral soils
- 12 Measurement of wind-induced tree-root stresses in New Zealand
- 13 New methods for the assessment of wood quality in standing trees
- Part III Tree physiological responses
- Part IV Impacts of wind on forests and ecology
- Part V Risk assessment and management response
- Index
7 - Understanding wind forces on trees
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of contributors
- Part I Airflow over topography and in forests
- Part II Mechanics of trees under wind loading
- 7 Understanding wind forces on trees
- 8 Modelling mechanical stresses in living Sitka spruce stems
- 9 Experimental analysis and mechanical modelling of windinduced tree sways
- 10 Failure modes of trees and related failure criteria
- 11 An experimental investigation of the effects of dynamic loading on coniferous trees planted on wet mineral soils
- 12 Measurement of wind-induced tree-root stresses in New Zealand
- 13 New methods for the assessment of wood quality in standing trees
- Part III Tree physiological responses
- Part IV Impacts of wind on forests and ecology
- Part V Risk assessment and management response
- Index
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- Wind and Trees , pp. 133 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995
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