Title of article
Safety Factors in Trees
Author/Authors
Claus Mattheck and others، نويسنده , , C. and Bethge، نويسنده , , K. and Schنfer، نويسنده , , J.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1993
Pages
5
From page
185
To page
189
Abstract
The safety factor of trees is determined by cutting windows of a well-defined size and shape into trees. The related stress magnification factors were calculated in comparison to the unnotched solid trunk. As a result, trees can have at least 4-5 times higher stresses in the stem without breakage. This result fits well into the range of safety factors (about 3-4) in mammal bones.
Journal title
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Serial Year
1993
Journal title
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Record number
1532244
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