Strength and MechanicalProperties(inch- pound)"

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SPEC]ES
I{AMES

HOISTURE
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HODUTUS
OF
RUPTURE
(lbf/tn')

0.37- 0.41
0.45- 0.60
0.35- 0.39
0.32- 0.37
0.48- 0.6s
Birch
0.47- 0.50
Cherry
0.40
0.31Cottonwood
0.42-0.46
Green.
l2%
Cypress
Green.12016 0.46- 0.63
Elm
Green'120,6 0.46- 0.52
Gum
0.49- 0.53
Green- 12016
Hackberry
0.55- 0.75
Hickory/Pecan Green
- 12%
0.52- 0.53
Green- 12%
HardMaple

Alder
Ash
Aspen
Basswood

Green'lZor6
Green- 12%
Green- l2olo
Green- l2%
Green- 12%
Green'12%
Green.
12%

Coast
MapleGreen'12%
Pacific
Green- 12%
SoftMaple
Green- l2Vo
RedOak
Green
- 12%
llhite0ak
Poplar
Green'12%
Green
- 1290
Sycamore

llalnut

Green'12%

0.44- 0.48
0.44- 0.54

0.52- 0.69
0.57
- 0.88
0.40- 0.42
0.46- 0.49
0.51
- 0.55

}IODULUS
OF
(c)
EtAsTlClW
oe,bf/if)

Ll7- r.38

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MAXIMUTI
tOAD
fin4bf/in')

IMPACT
BE}IDIIIG
TOGNAIil
(ln,)

c0MPREgSt0ll
PANAIEL
TOGRAIN
0bt/tn')

22-20
--43
--22

2,960
- 5,820
2,300- 7,410
2.140
- 5,300

250- 440
350-1,420
r80- 450
170
- 370
350- 590
270-r,080
140- 380
400- 730
360- r,230
370- 620
400- 890

770- r,080
860- 2,030
650- 1,080
600- 990
I,130
- 1,700
840- 2,240
500- r,040
810- 1,000
r,000- 1,920

750- 1,980
450- 750

- - 2,430
I,130
- 2,330
1,fl0- 1,730

2,494- 6.540

370- r,000

1,050
- 1,850

3,000- 8.740
3,290- 8,900
2,650- 5,540
2,920
- 5,380
4,300- 7,580

550- 1,250

930- 2,080
1,210
- 2,660

5,500- 9,800
5.000- 15,000
5,100
- 9,100
5,000- 8,700

0.85- 1.43
1.04-1.46

8.0- 8.4
ll.8- 16.5
5.1-7.7
5.3- 7.2

l6

?.220- 4,730

5,400- 16,900

lfl -z.tl

r5.7- 20.8

29-33

l.3t- 1.49

ll.4- lz.8
4.2-7.4
6.6-8.2
11.8
- 19.8
10.1
- ll.9
12.8- 14.5

34-55

3,540- 2il0
2,350- 8,540

8,000- r2,300
3,900
- 8,500
6.500- 10,500
7,200
- 14,800
7,100
- 12,500
6,500- fl,000
9,100-20,200
7,900- 15,800

7,400
- 10,700
5,800- 13,400

7,400
- t8,100
7,200
- 18,400

6.000
- r0,r00

r.04- r.74

0.75- r.37
r,18- 1.44
l.1l- 1.54

1.20- r.54
0.95- 1.19

1.29
- 2.26
1.33
- 1.83
Llo- 1.45
0.94- 1.64
1.14-2.28

0.88- 2.05

5,500- r0,000

1.22- 1.58
1.06- 1.42

9,500- 14,600

r.42- 1.68

r3.8- 31.7
12.5- 16.5
7.8- 8.7

7.8- r2.5

--22
24-25
38-56
32-35
43-48
--104
39-48

23-28
23-32

8.0- 21.5
9.4-19.2
7.5- 8.8

26-54

7.5- 8.5

26
34-37

10.7-14.6

a Results of tests on small clear specimens in the green and air-dried conditions. Deflnltion of properties; impact bendlnq is height of
drop that causes complete fallure, uslng O.71-kg(5O-lb) hammer; compresslon parallel to graln ls also called maximum crushlng
str.ngth; compresslon perpendlcul.r to graln is flber stress at proportional llmlt; sh6ar is maximum shearing strength; tenslonls
maximum tensile strength; and slde hardness is hardness measured when load is perpendiculsr to grain.

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c0MPRESSt0r{
SHEAR
PENPEilDICUTAR PARAITEI
IOGRAIII
TOGRAITI
(lbt/in')
(lbf/in')

1,690
- 4,910

3,580- 6,350
2,9r0- 7,050
3,040- 5,320
2,650- 5,440

3,920
- 9,210
- 7,830
3,270
3,240
- 5,950

600- r,470

530- 2,840
270- 500
360- 700
490- 1,010

TEllstolt
PERPENDICULAN
TOGNAIil
(lbf/tn'z)

990- 1,600
1,070
- 1,590

390- 420
- - 940

- -260
280- 350
560- s70
- - 950
- - 580

270- 300
- - 660
540- 760

580- 630
- - 680

--720
540- 500
--600

- - r,050

790- 1.190

- - 940
510- 540

1,000
- 1,470
1,220-1,370

630- 720
570- 690

b Speclfic gravity is based on weight when ovendry and volume when graen or at 1296
molsture content
c Modulus of elasticity measured from a simply supported, center-loaded beam, on a span
depth ratio of 1411,To correct tor shear deflection, the modulus can be Increased by 10%,

srDE
HANDilESS
(bf)

440- 590

:-_!gq
-"350
250- 410
660- 950
560- r.470
--430
390- 5r0
620- 1,320
600- 850
700- 880
- - 1,820

840- r.450
620- 850
590- 950
860- 1.510

- -1,620
440- 540
510- 770

900- r,0t0

wood
Source:WoodHandoook,
as an Enqlneerlng
Materlal,
USDAForestservice