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Analysis of Tree Damage Caused by Rockfall at Forest Road Construction Works      
Yazarlar
Selçuk Gümüş
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Burak Arıcak
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Korhan ENEZ Prof. Dr. Korhan ENEZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hafiz Hulusi Acar
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Forest roads provide access for people to study, enjoy or contemplate natural ecosystems. Therefore, roads are one of the most important tools needed in forestry. Forest roads are built by excavation of soil and rock. Rockfall occurs during construction works, caused by excavated rock pieces on embankment slopes and by blasting of block rock masses. This study analyzes rockfall damage to trees during forest road construction. Injuries, branches brokenness, trunk wounds and collapse were defined as tree damages because of rockfall during road construction. These damages have been analyzed by site measurements and statistical analysis. In the study area it has been determined that 90.48% of damaged trees are in the first 10 m after the beginning of the embankment slope, and the rest of the trees are positioned between 11 m and 23 m away from the beginning of the embankment slope. The average injury area of the damaged trees was calculated as 1,081 cm2 for the first 10 mfrom the embankment slope, and an injury area of 1,463 cm2 was calculated for between 11 m and 23 m on the embankment slope. This is a very important result in terms of forest protection. Wooden obstruction or synthetic holders should be used as preventative measures in the first 10 m of the embankment slope of the road to block rockfall or slow it down.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Construction | Forest road | Rockfall | Tree damage | Turkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı CROATIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST ENGINEERING
Dergi ISSN 1845-5719
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 12-2009
Cilt No 30
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 151 / 158
BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
Atıf Sayıları
WoS 9
SCOPUS 10
Google Scholar 20
ResearchGate 5

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