Wood Properties: Oak, white - Swamp white
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) | 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) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tension perpendicular kPa (kPa) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
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| Oak, white - Swamp white | 12% | Hardwood | 59,300 | 8,200 | 0.163 | 0.072 | 0.086 | 1,240 | 14,100 | 122,000 | Domestic | 0.369 | 0.428 | 0.074 | 0.618 | 0.036 | 0.3 | 13,800 | 7,200 | 0.72 | 5,700 | 132 |
| Oak, white - Swamp white | Green | Hardwood | 30,100 | 5,200 | — | — | — | 1,270 | 11,000 | 68,000 | Domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9,000 | 5,200 | 0.64 | 5,900 | 100 |
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