Effect of Geometry Precision and Load Distribution on Branch Mechanical Response
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F23%3A43923655" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/23:43923655 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050930" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/f14050930</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14050930" target="_blank" >10.3390/f14050930</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effect of Geometry Precision and Load Distribution on Branch Mechanical Response
Original language description
Tree risk assessment requires mechanical response studies, but simplification of the shape, material, or boundary conditions is necessary when dealing with such complex structures. To observe overall tree response, sub-structuring to several levels of detail can be used, enabled by recent developments in numerical methods and three-dimensional laser scanning (3D scan). This study aimed to determine an appropriate level of geometry and loading simplification allowed for high-order branches at the crown border, which is useful for the mechanical analysis of structured tree models. Four higher-order branches were pruned and experimentally tested by single-point loading. Beam and solid finite-element models (FEMs) were created based on measured geometric parameters and detailed 3D scans, respectively. The FEMs were used to analyze seven loading scenarios with force applied at (a) the center of gravity, (b) the top of side branches, (c) key discrete points, and (d) uniformly to the whole volume (to each finite element). Force was distributed by ratios weighted according to the mass, area, and diameter of side branches; or according to the mass of each finite element. The results showed no significant difference between the beam model and 3D scan-based model. The scenarios with finite elements' mass-based force distribution deviated significantly from those of the other scenarios. The most simplified single-point loading caused a deviation in the deflection curve. The deviation of single-point loading in the case of the bending moment was related to force distribution ratios given by the branches architecture. Therefore, such loading simplification is not considered always appropriate. Consistency between the bending moment and branch deflection provided a representative mechanical response, recommended for further modeling of trees by sub-structuring.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LL1909" target="_blank" >LL1909: Tree Dynamics: Understanding of Mechanical Response to Loading</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forests
ISSN
1999-4907
e-ISSN
1999-4907
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
930
UT code for WoS article
000998038700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85160949655