Free TREE Fund Webinar: Why Do Tree Branches Fail?
March 26, 2020
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12:00 pm
We will explore how researchers from ecology, forestry and arboriculture have utilized biomechanics to understand how trees contend with the forces mother nature can throw at them during their long-life span. Biomechanics approaches integrate biology and engineering principles to explore how organisms deal with their environment. We will explore two studies that examine how loads move through a branch union/fork. A close relationship was found between aspect ratio and different failure types, and we will discuss how this information can help define the point at which a weaker co-dominant fork occurs.
1 CEU available with the live broadcast.
Greg Dahle is an associate professor at West Virginia University where he teaches courses in arboriculture and urban forestry. Greg’s research lab utilizes a biomechanical approach to understand how trees grow and survive environmental loads, as well as broader urban forest management issues. Greg has worked as a commercial and utility arborist and is an ISA Board-Certified Master Arborist.
Check out the other webinars we have planned for you in 2020 or watch any of our previous webinars on our website at treefund.org/webinars. All TREE Fund webinars are archived approximately one week after broadcast.
