CIT: A New Failure Criterion For Non Decayed Solitary Trees

A height/diameter ration for tree failure is presented.

Trees strive for a homogeneous load distribution on their surface and restore their state by load adaptive growth. If, however, trees grow up in a dense stand, they compete for light and grow phototropic more into height than in thickness. On the basis of a Height/Diameter (H/D) Ratio, a new failure criterion is presented that relates a higher mechanical saftey and a better biological supply with water and assimilates to trees with a lower H/D-ratio.

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