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- Title
Evaluation of drag coefficients of poplar-tree crowns by a field test method.
- Authors
Koizumi, Akio; Motoyama, Jun-ichi; Sawata, Kei; Sasaki, Yoshihisa; Hirai, Takuro
- Abstract
To estimate the wind force that causes windthrow damage to a tree, the drag coefficients of actual-sized trees were evaluated by a field test method. In this method, wind velocity and stem deflection were monitored simultaneously. The wind force acting on a tree crown was calculated from stem deflection; stem stiffness was evaluated by conducting tree-bending tests. The results of tests conducted on three poplar trees showed that drag coefficient decreased with an increase in wind velocity. Although the variation in the drag coefficient was large at low wind velocity because of the vibrating behavior of the stem subjected to variable wind force, the variation at wind velocities above 10 m/s was small. The average drag coefficient at a wind velocity of 30 m/s was estimated by the curve-fitting of a power function to the wind velocity-drag coefficient relationship to be 0.102, which was smaller than that of actual-sized conifers studied in previous wind tunnel experiments. The drag coefficients of these crown areas in the defoliation season were smaller than those measured in the leafy season.
- Subjects
PLANT phenology; FIELD research; POPLARS; ASPEN (Trees); WOOD decay; WIND tunnels
- Publication
Journal of Wood Science, 2010, Vol 56, Issue 3, p189
- ISSN
1435-0211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10086-009-1091-8