Wood Properties: Oak, red - Laurel
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) | elastic ratio ER EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio ET EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio GLR EL (dimensionless) | elastic ratio GLT EL (dimensionless) | 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 RT (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) |
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| Oak, red - Laurel | 12% | Hardwood | 48,100 | 7,300 | 0.154 | 0.082 | 0.089 | 0.081 | 990 | 11,700 | 87,000 | Domestic | 0.35 | 0.448 | 0.064 | 0.56 | 0.033 | 0.292 | 4 | 12,600 | 5,400 | 0.63 | 9.9 | 5,400 | 19 | 81 |
| Oak, red - Laurel | Green | Hardwood | 21,900 | 3,900 | — | — | — | — | 990 | 9,600 | 54,000 | Domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 8,100 | 4,400 | 0.56 | 9.9 | 5,300 | 19 | 77 |
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