Description
It is shown how the root forms an advantageous bond with soil, stones and other contact partners over its entire length, actively changes the surrounding soil and how this knowledge can be used to improve the anchoring possibilities.
The impact on this anchoring optimum caused by storms, rain floods and channels, but also by erosion and drought, is discussed in terms of its effect on stability and the throwing of the trees and their final mechanical resistance, even during throwing, is explained in detail.
Visual assessments of root damage mechanisms on structures and pipes and maximum damage distances from the literature are provided for quick diagnosis on site.
A VISUAL ASSESSMENT of root runs, visible root parts and their arrangement around the tree, can give first indications of the anchoring of the tree:
By applying our thinking tools (push square and force cone method), we gain new insights into OPTIMAL ROOT ARCHITECTURE, even for trees on slopes, cliffs, bodies of water and near buildings. Any deviation from this optimum is a reduction in stability and any visible deviation is a symptom. In this sense, the SEMINAR could also be called VISUAL ROOT ASSESSMENT.
Root rot, which is of particular biomechanical interest, is explained in this context, classified according to the type of failure and embedded in this thought process.
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