Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Ahead of Print
    • Current Issue
    • Special Issues
    • All Issues
  • Contribute
    • Submit to AUF
    • Author Guidelines
    • Reviewer Guidelines
  • About
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • Journal Metrics
    • International Society of Arboriculture
  • More
    • Contact
    • Feedback
  • Alerts

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Ahead of Print
    • Current Issue
    • Special Issues
    • All Issues
  • Contribute
    • Submit to AUF
    • Author Guidelines
    • Reviewer Guidelines
  • About
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • Journal Metrics
    • International Society of Arboriculture
  • More
    • Contact
    • Feedback
  • Alerts
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
Research ArticleArticles

Comparison of Branch Failure During Static Loading of Silver and Norway Maples

Sharon Lilly and T. Davis Sydnor
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 1995, 21 (6) 302-305; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1995.049
Sharon Lilly
Expert Tree Service, 251 Autumn Leaf Court, Worthington, OH 43235
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
T. Davis Sydnor
Dept. of Horticulture, The Ohio State University, 2001 Fyffe Court, Columbus, OH 43120
Roles: Professor
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Figure 1.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 1.

    Apparatus for static loading of tree branches. The truck battery was the power source for the equipment.

  • Figure 2.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 2.

    Diagram showing the parameters used to calculate the bending stress when a branch broke at the crotch. F represents the external force applied.

  • Figure 3.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 3.

    Diagram showing the parameters used to calculate the bending stress when a branch failed between the crotch and the loading point. F represents the external force applied.

Tables

  • Figures
    • View popup
    Table 1.

    Mean comparisons between silver and Norway maple at branch failure.

    SpeciesCrotch angle* (degree)Specific gravity (gm/cm3)Bending stress (newtons/cm2)Moment (newton meters)
    Silver maple56.7 a0.52 a2970 a3009 a
    Norway maple62.6 a0.62 b2451 a3521 a
    LSD (0.05)8.50.028811842
    • Means in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different.

    • ↵* Mean crotch angles for this study may not be representative over the species since large limbs could not be broken with the technique employed.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
Vol. 21, Issue 6
November 1995
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Arboriculture & Urban Forestry.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Comparison of Branch Failure During Static Loading of Silver and Norway Maples
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Arboriculture & Urban Forestry web site.
Citation Tools
Comparison of Branch Failure During Static Loading of Silver and Norway Maples
Sharon Lilly, T. Davis Sydnor
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Nov 1995, 21 (6) 302-305; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1995.049

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Comparison of Branch Failure During Static Loading of Silver and Norway Maples
Sharon Lilly, T. Davis Sydnor
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Nov 1995, 21 (6) 302-305; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1995.049
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Materials and Methods
    • Results and Discussion
    • Summary
    • Footnotes
    • Literature Cited
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Evaluating the Reproducibility of Tree Risk Assessment Ratings Across Commonly Used Methods
  • London Plane Bark Exfoliation and Tree-Ring Growth in Urban Environments
  • Green Infrastructure with Actual Canopy Parameterization: A Simulation Study for Heat Stress Mitigation in a Hot-Humid Urban Environment
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

© 2023 International Society of Arboriculture

Powered by HighWire