The objective of this study was to investigate the application of the Birnbaum-Saunders function with three and two parameters and using the minimum diameter as parameter for describing the location diameter structure of eucalypt stands, and propose a model for diameter distribution using the function. The function was fitted to data from the inventory of permanent plots, measured at six ages. The adhesion function of the data was confirmed by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The diameter distribution models proposed showed acceptable values of correlation coefficient. The graphic analysis of residues showed no bias for function of two parameters and γ = dapmin. The function with two parameters and γ = dapmin can be used to describe the diameter distribution of eucalypt plantations.
Modelling; Diameter distribution; Fatigue life
