A review of research on tree risk assessment methods

H Li, X Zhang, Z Li, J Wen, X Tan - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
As an important part of the urban environment, trees have certain risks while living in
harmony with humans. For example, the failure of trees in extreme weather may cause …

Risk assessment and risk perception of trees: A review of literature relating to arboriculture and urban forestry

RW Klein, AK Koeser, RJ Hauer… - Arboriculture & Urban …, 2019 - auf.isa-arbor.com
In the presence of a target, tree failures have the potential to damage property, disrupt
services, or threaten public safety. Worldwide, several qualitative methods have been …

Statistical modeling of tree failures during storms

E Kabir, S Guikema, B Kane - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
The failure of trees during storms imposes strong economic and societal costs. Statistical
modeling for predicting the probability of a tree failing during storms has the potential to help …

Modeling tree damages and infrastructure disruptions under strong winds for community resilience assessment

W Hughes, Q Lu, Z Ding, W Zhang - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Tree failures under extreme gusts could exacerbate storm damages to critical infrastructures,
including the power delivery system, transportation network, or residential buildings …

On the determination of acoustic emission wave propagation velocity in composite sandwich structures

Y Wu, M Perrin, ML Pastor, P Casari, X Gong - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the rapid determination of Acoustic Emission (AE) wave propagation
velocity in composite laminate and sandwich structures using a closed-form formula. Firstly …

A Static Pulling Test Is a Suitable Method for Comparison of the Loading Resistance of Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) between Urban and Peri-Urban Forests

O Krišāns, L Čakša, R Matisons, S Rust, D Elferts… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
In urbanized areas, wind disturbances can be intensified by anthropogenic stresses under
which trees may become hazardous, creating serious threats and damages to nearby …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of stem and root-plate defects on the tree response during static loading—Numerical analysis

B Vojáčková, J Tippner, P Horáček, V Sebera… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite continual development of the tree pulling test, there is no systematic study on the
interaction of stem and root-plate stiffness in relation to tree assessment results. New …

Assessment of effective wind loads on individual plantation-grown forest trees

S Kolbe, F Rentschler, J Frey, T Seifert, B Gardiner… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantifying wind loads acting on forest trees remains a major challenge of wind-tree-
interaction research. Under wind loading, trees respond with a complex motion pattern to the …

Wind-induced torsional vibration in a ponderosa pine tree

S Kolbe, M Pfenning, D Schindler - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The overall response of above-ground tree parts to wind loading consists of torsional and
bending vibrations. While bending vibrations have been frequently measured in previous …

Experimental test of non-destructive methods to assess the anchorage of trees

A Detter, S Rust, O Krišāns - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
More than 280 trees were uprooted in winching tests monitored by high resolution
inclinometers at the base of the trees and a forcemeter mounted in the winching line. The …