Trees: The Mechanical Design
Author:   Gerhard C. Mattheck
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9783540542766


Pages:   121
Publication Date:   29 August 1991
Format:   Paperback
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Trees optimize their mechanical design by adaptive growth, and react with self-repair mechanisms to loads disturbing their optimum mechanical state. Both the rule of constant stresses and the rule of external load minimization dominate the formation of trees. Knowing these growth reaction s, the fate of a tree can be concluded from its outer shape and from its tree rings (saw cuts) which reveal the loads to which the tree has adapted. This book offers an understanding of the body language of trees.

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Author:   Gerhard C. Mattheck
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9783540542766


ISBN 10:   3540542760
Pages:   121
Publication Date:   29 August 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The absolute minimum of mechanical knowledge.- 2.1 External loading.- 2.2 Internal stresses: the response of the mechanical component to external loads.- 3. How the tree minimizes its external loading.- 4. Even load distribution: the hypothesis of constant stress on the surface.- 5. Mechanical classification of adaptive growth.- 6. Case studies.- 7. Conclusions.- References.

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