
%0 Journal Article
%A Costa, JJ 
%A Oliveira, LA 
%A Viegas, DX 
%A Neto, LP 
%T On the Temperature Distribution Inside a Tree Under Fire Conditions
%J International Journal of Wildland Fire
%D 1991/06/01
%V 1
%N 2
%P 87-96
%K Temperature; Modelling; Resistance; Bark; Physics
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9910087
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WF9910087 
%X A simple and efficient numerical scheme is presented for the prediction of temperature field distribution inside a tree trunk subjected to ground fire conditions. The trunk is modelled by a cylinder of circular cross section and unit length, through which the time-dependent heat conduction equation is numerically integrated. The model is partly validated in laboratory and then applied to the case of a prescribed ground fire inside a Pinus pinmter stand. 
