Zee Claus-meister ist back

[David Humphries]

Claus Mattheck Seminar

 

A review of his latest Research & Update of the VTA Methodology

 

 

Tuesday 18th May 2010

 

@ The Fielder Centre

Hatfield Business Park

 

& Wednesday 19th May

 

@ Leicester Race Course Conference Centre

 

£165 plus V.A.T

 

The company organising the event are:

 

Symbiosis Consulting Ltd

Office 2

Newtown Grange Farm Business Park

Desford Road

Newtown Unthank

Leicestershire

LE9 9FL

 

[email protected]

01455828822

 

Fill ya Jack Boots

[tractorboy1]

Thats funny our tutor was speaking about him last night, said his lectures are very entertaining. Maybe he could tell me what 'an axiom is a precept which seems obviously true by virtue of its inherent plausibility, but generally cannot be proved'

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Is anyone else planning on attending this one? I will most likely, will be based on the tensile triangles and shear squares I believe.

 

Anyone whos never heard Claus speak should go, he's class, and will make you laugh!

[RPA]

Hmmmmm

 

Now where did my piggy bank go

[David Humphries]

an alter-ego of mine, will almost certainly be at one or t'other of these sure to be entertaining Soirées.

No doubt will bump into a 'talker or two.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Im hoping for a space at the hatfield meeting.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Oi OI! Ive got my place on the Hatfield meeting!

 

Happy days!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Proposed programme to include:

 

Compact VTA - update lecture to present the state of the art information on Visual Tree Assessment & Tree Engineering

 

New verdicts & selected legal points of view regarding tree diagnosis

 

Thinking tools free of formulae – shear square method, the tensile triangles & the brand new method of force cones

 

Separation shear cracks at the root buttress whose higher risk can only be understood by use of the shear squares

 

Hot spots of dead wood assessment

 

Sac fungi - a new related failure criterion

 

Review of new tree diagnosis tools from IML

 

Possibilities & limitations for age determination of perennial fungal fruit bodies

 

How broadleaved trees fight spiral cracks & the biomechanical similarities between the hazard beam crack and spiral crack

[Bundle 2]

I thought this might be of interest.I have posted in this thread for reasons that will , I hope, become obvious. I have not read this short prospectus from Nilkas myself yet..

A summary from elsewhere..."plant biomechanics incorporates engineering principles into the biological sciences. Niklas et al. (2006) provide a historical overview of this subject, suggesting that Schwendener’s 1874 seminal monograph established the field of study. One of the primary goals for arborists is to minimize the risk of tree failure and research has turned towards biomechanics in an effort to better understand how trees withstand loading events. "

1874 eh.....? Geez, who's this Mattheck geezer anyway!!

Niklas 2006-Overview copy.pdf

[David Humphries]

"Ecobiomechanics"..........what a mouthfull

 

 

Looks an interesting read Tim, will try and digest & give it the time it appears to deserve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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