Wood Properties: Pine, Ponderosa
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) | elastic ratio GRT EL (dimensionless) | fracture mode I TL kPa m05 (kPa·m^0.5) | impact bending mm (mm) | modulus of elasticity MPa (MPa) | modulus of rupture kPa (kPa) | origin | poisson LR (dimensionless) | poisson LT (dimensionless) | poisson RT (dimensionless) | poisson TR (dimensionless) | shear parallel kPa (kPa) | side hardness N (N) | specific gravity (dimensionless) | tension perpendicular kPa (kPa) | thermal conductivity W mK (W/(m·K)) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
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| Pine, Ponderosa | 12% | Softwood | 36,700 | 4,000 | 0.122 | 0.083 | 0.138 | 0.115 | 0.017 | 290 | 480 | 8,900 | 65,000 | Domestic | 0.337 | 0.4 | 0.426 | 0.359 | 7,800 | 2,000 | 0.4 | 2,900 | 0.12 | 49 |
| Pine, Ponderosa | Green | Softwood | 16,900 | 1,900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 530 | 6,900 | 35,000 | Domestic | — | — | — | — | 4,800 | 1,400 | 0.38 | 2,100 | 0.1 | 36 |
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