Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material

Table 5–5a. Mechanical propertiesof some woods imported into the United States other than Canadian imports
(metric)a—con.

Static bending Com-

pression

parallel

to grain

(kPa)

Shear

parallel

to grain

(kPa)

Side

hard-

ness

(N)

Sample

originb

Common and botanical
names of species

Moisture

content

Specific

gravity

Modulus

of

rupture

(kPa)

Modulus of

elasticity

(MPa)

Work to
maximum
load
(kJ m–3)
Okoume (Aucoumea Green 0.33 — — — — — — AF
klaineana) 12% 51,000 7,900 — 27,400 6,700 1,700
Opepe (Nauclea diderrichii) Green 0.63 93,800 11,900 84 51,600 13,100 6,800 AF
12% 120,000 13,400 99 71,700 17,100 7,300
Ovangkol (Guibourtia ehie) Green 0.67 — — — — — — AF
12% 116,500 17,700 — 57,200 — —
Para-angelim (Hymenolobium Green 0.63 100,700 13,400 88 51,400 11,000 7,700 AM
excelsum) 12% 121,300 14,100 110 62,000 13,900 7,700
Parana-pine (Araucaria Green 0.46 49,600 9,300 67 27,600 6,700 2,500 AM
augustifolia) 12% — 93,100 11,100 84 52,800 11,900 3,500
Pau marfim (Balfourodendron Green 0.73 99,300 11,400 — 41,900 — — AM
riedelianum) 15% 130,300 — — 56,500 — —
Peroba de campos Green 0.62 — — — — — — AM
(Paratecoma peroba) 12% 106,200 12,200 70 61,200 14,700 7,100
Peroba rosa (Aspidosperma Green 0.66 75,200 8,900 72 38,200 13,000 7,000 AM
spp., peroba group) 12% 83,400 10,500 63 54,600 17,200 7,700
Pilon (Hyeronima spp.) Green 0.65 73,800 13, 000 57 34,200 8,300 5,400 AM
12% 125,500 15,700 83 66,300 11,900 7,600
Pine, Caribbean (Pinus Green 0.68 77,200 13,000 74 33,800 8,100 4,400 AM
caribaea) 12% — 115,100 15,400 119 58,900 14,400 5,500
Pine, ocote (Pinus oocarpa) Green 0.55 55,200 12,000 48 25,400 7,200 2,600 AM
12% — 102,700 15,500 75 53,000 11,900 4,000
Pine, radiata (Pinus radiata) Green 0.42 42,100 8,100 — 19,200 5,200 2,100 AS
12% — 80,700 10,200 — 41,900 11,000 3,300
Piquia (Caryocar spp.) Green 0.72 85,500 12, 500 58 43,400 11,300 7,700 AM
12% 117,200 14,900 109 58,000 13,700 7,700
Primavera (Tabebuia Green 0.4 49,600 6,800 50 24,200 7,100 3,100 AM
donnell–smithii) 12% 65,500 7,200 44 38,600 9,600 2,900
Purpleheart (Peltogyne spp.) Green 0.67 94,000 13, 800 102 48,400 11,300 8,100 AM
12% 132,400 15,700 121 71,200 15,300 8,300
Ramin (Gonystylusbancanus) Green 0.52 67,600 10,800 62 37,200 6,800 2,800 AS
12% — 127,600 15,000 117 69,500 10,500 5,800
Robe (Tabebuia spp., Green 0.52 74,500 10, 000 81 33,900 8,600 4,000 AM
roble group) 12% 95,100 11,000 86 50,600 10,000 4,300
Rosewood, Brazilian Green 0.8 97,200 12,700 91 38,000 16,300 10,900 AM
(Dalbergia nigra) 12% — 131,000 13,000 — 66,200 14,500 12,100
Rosewood, Indian (Dalbergia Green 0.75 63,400 8,200 80 31,200 9,700 6,900 AS
latifolia) 12% 116,500 12,300 90 63,600 14,400 14,100
Sande (Brosimum spp., Green 0.49 58,600 13, 400 — 31,000 7,200 2,700 AM
utile group) 12% 98,600 16,500 — 56,700 8,900 4,000
Santa Maria (Calophyllum Green 0.52 72,400 11,000 88 31,400 8,700 4,000 AM
brasiliense) 12% — 100,700 12,600 111 47,600 14,300 5,100
Sapele (Entandrophragma Green 0.55 70,300 10,300 72 34,500 8,600 4,500 AF
cylindricum) 12% — 105,500 12,500 108 56,300 15,600 6,700
Sepetir (Pseudosindora Green 0.56 77,200 10,800 92 37,600 9,000 4,200 AS
palustris) 12% 118,600 13,600 92 61,200 14,000 6,300

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