Wood Properties: Spanish-cedar
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) | 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 (%) | volumetric shrinkage pct (%) | work to max load kJ m3 (kJ/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish-cedar | 12% | Hardwood | 42,800 | 9,900 | 79,300 | Americas | 4.2 | 7,600 | 2,700 | 0.41 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 65 |
| Spanish-cedar | Green | Hardwood | 23,200 | 9,000 | 51,700 | Americas | 4.2 | 6,800 | 2,400 | 0.41 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 49 |
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