Wood Properties: Aspen, Quaking
Wood mechanical, physical, and thermal properties for 190+ hardwood and softwood species at green and 12% moisture content — including strength, stiffness, hardness, shrinkage, thermal conductivity, Poisson ratios, and elastic ratios from the USDA Wood Handbook
| species name | moisture content | category | compression parallel kPa (kPa) | compression perpendicular kPa (kPa) | impact bending mm (mm) | modulus of elasticity MPa (MPa) | modulus of rupture kPa (kPa) | origin | poisson LR (dimensionless) | poisson LT (dimensionless) | poisson RL (dimensionless) | poisson TL (dimensionless) | poisson TR (dimensionless) | radial shrinkage pct (%) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tangential shrinkage pct (%) | tension perpendicular kPa (kPa) | volumetric shrinkage pct (%) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen, Quaking | 12% | Hardwood | 29,300 | 2,600 | 530 | 8,100 | 58,000 | Domestic | 0.489 | 0.374 | 0.054 | 0.022 | 0.496 | 3.5 | 5,900 | 1,600 | 0.38 | 6.7 | 1,800 | 11.5 | 52 |
| Aspen, Quaking | Green | Hardwood | 14,800 | 1,200 | 560 | 5,900 | 35,000 | Domestic | — | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | 4,600 | 1,300 | 0.35 | 6.7 | 1,600 | 11.5 | 44 |
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