Wood Properties: Chestnut, American
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 | radial shrinkage pct (%) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tangential shrinkage pct (%) | tension perpendicular kPa (kPa) | thermal conductivity W mK (W/(m·K)) | volumetric shrinkage pct (%) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut, American | 12% | Hardwood | 36,700 | 4,300 | 480 | 8,500 | 59,000 | Domestic | 3.4 | 7,400 | 2,400 | 0.43 | 6.7 | 3,200 | 0.13 | 11.6 | 45 |
| Chestnut, American | Green | Hardwood | 17,000 | 2,100 | 610 | 6,400 | 39,000 | Domestic | 3.4 | 5,500 | 1,900 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 3,000 | 0.11 | 11.6 | 48 |
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