Felling Trees · Physics Brawl 2020 #FoL.3

Physics · mechanics

Problem

A coniferous tree could be (from a mechanical point of view) approximated by a homogeneous right circular cone with height h=40mh = 40m and radius at the base r=1.0mr = 1.0m. Find the maximal angle by which its axis may be displaced from the vertical axis before it starts to fall due to its weight.

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