Elastic and Irreversible Bending of Tree and Shrub Branches Under Cantilever Loads

Tree and shrub branches subjected to cantilever loads such as intercepted snowfall undergo, in addition to the familiar instantaneous elastic bending, a conspicuous retarded-elastic bending, which is commonly 30–50% of their instantaneous bending and occasionally even more. The resultant bending cre...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Plant Science
Main Authors:	Peter M. Ray, Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Subjects:	biophysics mechanics viscoelasticity retarded elasticity irreversible strain branch bending
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00059/full