burnRate {sharpData}

Firebrand Burning Properties

Description

The burnRate data frame contains laboratory data on the proportion of remaining fuel in a piece of wood that has burned for a fixed period of time subjected to a fixed windspeed.

Usage

data(burnRate)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

proportionBurned

a numeric vector

densityRatio

ratio of windspeed, multiplied by density of air, to density of firebrand

species

factor listing tree species

diameter

numeric vector of diameter of burned particle in cm

windspeed

windspeed in cm per second

testTime

length of test in seconds

Source

Albini, F. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-56, 1979.