'Biomechanics week' presentation slideshows

How much, if any, tree strength is lost. This hollow = strength loss assumption betrays a bias endemic to the industry. This bias was questioned--and answered-- at both Biomechanics Weeks.

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Biomechanics Week 2013 The Wager Tree

Biomechanics Week 2013 The Wager Tree 40 bets were made on where this hollow, rotten red maple would break. Over half chose the hollowest, rottenest location. Only after the tree fell over did woundwood fibers around the open cavity separate.

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