Blasius, H. 1914. “Träger kleinster Durchbiegung und Stäbe grösster Knickfestigkeit bei gegebenem Materialverbrauch.”Ziet. f. Math. u. Phys.,62, 182–197.
Opatowski, I. 1944a. “On the Form and Strength of Trees: Part I. The Trunk.”Bull. Math. Biophysics,6, 113–118.
Opatowski, I., 1944b. “On the Form and Strength of Trees: Part II. The Primary Branches.”Bull. Math. Biophysics,6, 153–156.
Opatowski, I. 1945. “Cantilevers of Uniform Strength.”Quart. Appl. Math. In press.
Timoshenko, S. 1940.Strength of Materials. Part I. New York: Van Nostrand.