Answer by Jirka Hanika for Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
Some excellent answers are already available, but they are all examining a single tree in isolation, as if putting a tree to a wind tunnel to see whether it snaps or not. That's not how every trees...
View ArticleAnswer by JimmyJames for Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
The general claim seems to be incorrect:This phenomenon is independent of type and size of the tree.Based on other answers, the claims around this appear to be that the scale of the tree doesn't...
View ArticleAnswer by JeopardyTempest for Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
One important additional factor is that the stress (and damage) isn't linear. A very basic idea is that energy is velocity squared. But Prahl et. al. 2008 included some review of the theories on damage...
View ArticleAnswer by Nuclear Hoagie for Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
As the other answer points out, this is very likely an evolutionary adaptation that balances sturdiness with unnecessary overengineering. From a physics perspective, the relatively constant breaking...
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Answer by David Hammen for Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
Why do trees break at the same wind speed?Image source: Wikimedia CommonsNote that in the above image, that almost all of the trees had their tops snapped off. This claim is about tree's being snapped...
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Several people have independently mentioned to me that all trees break at the same wind speed. This phenomenon is independent of type and size of the tree. Supposedly, Galileo already had described...
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