The tensile strength of isolated wood rays of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and its significance for the biomechanics of living trees

By I. Burgert, D. Eckstein. Trees, 2001

100 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Mechanical Engineering

1. Marc Borrega
2. Hans Beeckman
3. L. Gibson
4. Norman A. Fleck
5. V. Deshpande
6. H. Wadley

In Mechanics of Materials

1. Marc Borrega
2. Hans Beeckman
3. L. Gibson

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. P. Fonti
2. Jose M. Olano
3. A. Rigling
4. Hans Beeckman

Citations in the corpus

• Responses of sapwood ray parenchyma and non‐structural carbohydrates of Pinus sylvestris to drought and long‐term irrigation (2017, background): “…2014), the formation of heartwood (Bamber 1976), the defence against pathogens (Hudgins et al. 2006), wounding responses (Arbellay, Stoffel & Bollschweiler 2010; Arbellay, Fonti & Stoffel 2012) and contributing to the mechanical strength of the wood (Burgert & Eckstein 2001; Fonti & Frey 2002).”
• Mechanics of balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) wood (2015, background): “Their main function is to store sugars and other nutrients, although they also contribute to the radial strength of the tree (Burgert and Eckstein 2001).”
• WOOD ANATOMY AND TRAIT-BASED ECOLOGY (2016, background): “Also isolated rays showed an unexpectedly high tensile strength (Burgert & eckstein 2001).”