The Mechanical Properties of Wood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 160 pages of information about The Mechanical Properties of Wood.

The Mechanical Properties of Wood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 160 pages of information about The Mechanical Properties of Wood.
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-----------------| | | | Specific gravity | Shrinkage from green to | | | | oven-dry, based on | oven-dry condition | | COMMON NAME | |--------------------+---------------------------| | OF SPECIES | Mois- | Volume | Volume | In | | Tangen- | | | ture | when | when | volume | Radial | tial | | | content | green | oven-dry | | | | |-----------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-
-------+---------| | | Per | | | Per | Per | Per | | | cent | | | cent | cent | cent | | | | | | | | | | Conifers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Arborvitae | 55 | .293 | .315 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 4.9 | | Cedar, incense | 80 | .363 | | | | | | Cypress, bald | 79 | .452 | .513 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 6.0 | | Fir, alpine | 47 | .306 | .321 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 7.1 | | amabilis | 117 | .383 | | | | | | Douglas | 32 | .418 | .458 | 10.9 | 3.7 | 6.6 | | white | 156 | .350 | .437 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 7.0 | | Hemlock (east.) | 129 | .340 | .394 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 5.0 | | Pine, lodgepole | 44 | .370 | .415 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 7.1 | | " | 58 | .371 | .407 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | | longleaf | 63 | .528 | .599 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 7.6 | | red or Nor | 54 | .440 | .507 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 7.2 | | shortleaf | 52 | .447 | | | | | | sugar | 123 | .360 | .386 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 5.6 | | west yellow | 98 | .353 | .395 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 6.4 | | " " | 125 | .377 | .433 | 11.5 | 4.3 | 7.3 | | " " | 93 | .391 | .435 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 5.8 | | white | 74 | .363 | .391 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 5.9 | | Redwood | 81 | .334 | | | | | | " | 69 | .366 | | | | | | Spruce, | | | | | | | | Engelmann | 45 | .325 | .359 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 6.9 | | " | 156 | .299 | .335 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 6.2 | | red | 31 | .396 | | | | | | white | 41 | .318 | | | | |
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