Structural Features Related to Tree Crotch Strength
Crotches were cut out of red maple (Acer rubrum), callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), and sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima) trees (2.5â -7â d.b.h.) and then pulled apart in an engineering testing machine to identify physical parameters correlated with crotch strength. Parameters measured included t...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32619 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122003-124617/ |