Table 45a.

Mechanical properties of some woods imported into the United States other than Canadian
imports (metric)acon.

Common and botanical

names of species

Shorea (Shorea spp.,

baulau group)
Shorea, lauanmeranti group
Dark red meranti
Light red meranti
White meranti
Yellow meranti
Spanish-cedar (Cedrela spp.)
Sucupira (Bowdichia spp.)

Sucupira (Diplotropis purpurea)

Teak (Tectona grandis)
Tornillo (Cedrelinga
cateniformis)
Wallaba (Eperua spp.)

Static bending
ComModulus Modulus Work to pression
of
of
maximum parallel
Moisture Specific rupture elasticity load
to grain
content gravity
(kPa)
(MPa)
(kJ/m3)
(kPa)
Green
12%

0.68

80,700 14,500
129,600 18,000

Green
12%
Green
12%
Green
15%
Green
12%
Green
12%
Green
15%
Green
12%
Green
12%
Green
12%
Green
12%

0.46

64,800
87,600
45,500
65,500
67,600
85,500
55,200
78,600
51,700
79,300
118,600
133,800
120,000
142,000
80,000
100,700
57,900

98,600
131,700

0.34
0.55
0.46
0.41

0.74
0.78
0.55
0.45

0.78

10,300
12,200
7,200
8,500
9,000
10,300
9,000
10,700
9,000
9,900
15,700

18,500
19,800
9,400
10,700

16,100
15,700

Shear
parallel
to grain
(kPa)

37,100
70,200

9,900
15,100

59
95
43
59
57
79
56
70
49
65

90
102
92
83

32,500
50,700
23,000
40,800
37,900
43,800
26,800
40,700
23,200
42,800
67,100
76,500
55,300
83,700
41,100
58,000
28,300

55,400
74,200

7,700
10,000
4,900
6,700
9,100
10,600
7,100
10,500
6,800
7,600

12,400
13,500
8,900
13,000
8,100

Side
hardness Sample
(N)
originb
6,000
7,900

AS

3,100
3,500
2,000
2,000
4,400
5,100
3,300
3,400
2,400
2,700

8,800
9,500
4,100
4,400
3,900

6,900
9,100

AS
AS
AS
AS
AM
AM
AM
AS
AM
AM

Results of tests on small, clear, straight-grained specimens. Property values were taken from world literature
(not obtained from experiments conducted at the Forest Products Laboratory). Other species may be reported
in the world literature, as well as additional data on many of these species. Some property values have been
adjusted to 12% moisture content.
b
AF is Africa; AM, America; AS, Asia.
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