Publication Date:
2016-12-14
Description:
Author(s): Axel Albrecht, Eric Badel, Vivien Bonnesoeur, Yves Brunet, Thiéry Constant, Pauline Défossez, Emmanuel de Langre, Sylvain Dupont, Meriem Fournier, Barry Gardiner, Stephen J. Mitchell, John R. Moore, Bruno Moulia, Bruce C. Nicoll, Karl J. Niklas, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Hans-Christof Spatz, and Frank W. Telewski Virot et al. [E. Virot et al. , Phys. Rev. E 93 , 023001 (2016) ] assert that the critical wind speed at which ⩾50% of all trees in a population break is ≈42 m/s, regardless of tree characteristics. We show that empirical data do not support this assertion, and that the assumptions underlying the theo… [Phys. Rev. E 94, 067001] Published Tue Dec 13, 2016
Keywords:
Solid Mechanics
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
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