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Numerical Analysis of Branch Mechanical Response to Loading

Barbora Vojáčková, Jan Tippner, Petr Horáček, Luděk Praus, Václav Sebera and Martin Brabec
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) July 2019, 45 (4) 120-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2019.011
Barbora Vojáčková
Barbora Vojáčková (corresponding author), Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Jan Tippner
Jan Tippner, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Petr Horáček
Petr Horáček, Department of Water Operation and the Creation and Allocation of Biomass, CzechGlobe CAS, Bělidla 4a, 60300, Brno, Czech Republic,
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Luděk Praus
Luděk Praus, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Václav Sebera
Václav Sebera, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic,
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Martin Brabec
Martin Brabec, Department of Wood Science Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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