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MR KEN JAMES



Contact Details

Organization: Resource Management and Geography
Position: LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/resman/staff/cv/James.htm
Work: 92506816
Room: MB35
Level: 01
Building: Main Building
Campus: ILFR - Burnley Campus

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
tree biomechanics, structure and wind United States of America, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province), France, Argentina

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1971
Graduate Diploma in Education Hawthorn Institute of Education 31-Dec-1984
Master of Engineering Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Precision Digital Instruments to Measure Dynamic Wind Loads on Trees During Storms
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1055-1061
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Dynamic Response Characteristics of Urban Trees


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference 2008
    Conference Publication: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference 2008
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Australian Earthquake Engineering Society(Melbourne)
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  • Dynamic Wind Loading Effects on Trees - a structural perspective


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2008: Engaging with Structural Engineering
    Conference Publication: Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2008: Engaging with Structural Engineering
    Page numbers: 1-12 (paper 48)
    Publisher: The Meeting Planners(Melbourne)
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  • Dynamic response characteristics of trees from excitiation by turbulent wind


    Year: 2008
    Event name: 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials
    Conference Publication: Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials
    Page numbers: 147-152
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Mechanical Stability of Trees under Dynamic Loads
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Botany
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1361-1369
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Dynamic loading of trees


    Year: 2003
    Journal: Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 165-171
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • An engineering study of Tree Cables
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Aborist News
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 35-39
    Publisher: International Socie4ty of Arboriculture(Champaign)
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  • Improving surface quality in sports turf and reducing compaction using innovative aeration machinery
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Turfgrass Science
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 47-58
    Publisher: The Sports Turf Research Institute(Bingley)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Measuring loads on Tree Limbs and Cables
    Year: 2001
    Book: Measuring loads on Tree limbs and cables
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Journal Articles

  • Improving Surface Quality in sports Turf and Reducing compaction using Innovative Aeration Machinery
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Turfgrass and Sports Surface Science
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 47-58
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