Dynamic loading of trees

K James - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF), 2003 - auf.isa-arbor.com
… This paper describes a study of the loads on a tree in the field, during … loading and how
the tree responds to these large dynamic forces. The analysis led to a dynamic model of a tree

Mechanical stability of trees under dynamic loads

KR James, N Haritos, PK Ades - American journal of Botany, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… influence their mechanical stability under dynamic loading. As trees grow, the added biomass
develops greater self-loading and the upper parts of the tree are exposed to higher wind …

A fruit tree stability model for static and dynamic loading

Z Láng - Biosystems Engineering, 2003 - Elsevier
… on the fruit tree–soil connection, to determine root and trunk behaviour during static loading,
to … to establish a static and dynamic model to describe the tree–soil connection for horizontal …

Mechanical stability of trees under static loads

HM Peltola - American journal of botany, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… On the other hand, HWIND, GALES, or FOREOLE models have so far not taken into
account the swaying of trees under dynamic loading and the possible support given by the …

[PDF][PDF] A review of factors that affect the static load-bearing capacity of urban trees

GA Dahle, KR James, B Kane… - Arboriculture & Urban …, 2017 - tree-consult.org
… of the load and structural response change quickly (James et al. 2006). Wind-induced
tree sway is an example of dynamic load and structural response. While trees must continuously …

Simulating the dynamic behavior of Douglas-fir trees under applied loads by the finite element method

JR Moore, DA Maguire - Tree physiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… These model trees were subjected to several static and dynamic loading scenarios, and
the results from the coupled-beam models were compared with those from the discrete-mass …

Responses of Scots pine trees to dynamic wind loading

D Schindler - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2008 - Elsevier
… In the present study it was therefore investigated how Scots pine trees respond to dynamic
wind loading. The responses of the sample trees were analyzed … Dynamic loading of trees

[PDF][PDF] Tree biomechanics literature review: Dynamics

KR James, GA Dahle, J Grabosky, B Kane… - Arboric. Urban For, 2014 - isa-arbor.com
trees; a review of the main literature on tree dynamics; the different dynamic methods of
analysis that have been used on trees, … on trees and is the most important factor for dynamic load

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic wind loads on trees

KR James - ISAAC, 2005 - researchgate.net
trees behave in real wind storms. There is little published actual field data on the dynamic
forces experienced by trees … wind load on the tree is to pull on the tree with a known load and …

Tree stability in relation to cyclic loading

MF O'sullivan, RM Ritchie - Forestry: An International Journal of …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
load-deformation relationships measured under dynamictrees, (a) Tree 7, trenched with
cyclic loading; (b) tree 15, untrenched with cyclic loading; (c) tree 23, trenched with static loading