Property References
Wood handbook -- Wood as an engineering material, by Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. ASTM D2555 has clear wood properties.
Janka Hardness
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Wood Species
Janka Hardness (lb) Poplar 600 Douglas Fir 660 So. Yellow Pine (loblolly & short leaf) 690 So. Yellow Pine (longleaf) 870 Black Cherry 950 Teak 1000 Black Walnut 1010 Heart Pine 1225 Yellow Birch 1260 Red Oak (Northern) 1290 American Beech 1300 Ash 1320 White Oak 1360 Australian Cypress 1375 Hard maple 1450 Wenge 1630 African Pedauk 1725 Hickory/Pecan 1820 Purpleheart 1860 Jarrah 1910 Merbau 1925 Santos Mahogany 2200 Mesquite 2345 Brazilian Cherry 2350
Wood Species
Janka Hardness (lb) Ash 1320 Beech, American 1300 Birch, Yellow 1260 Cherry, Black 950 Cherry, Brazilian 2350 Cypress, Australian 1375 Fir, Douglas 660 Hickory/Pecan 1820 Jarrah 1910 Mahogany, Santos 2200 Maple, Hard 1450 Merbau 1925 Mesquite 2345 Oak, Red (Northern) 1290 Oak, White 1360 Pedauk, African 1725 Pine, Heart 1225 Pine, So. Yellow (loblolly & short leaf) 690 Pine, So. Yellow (longleaf) 870 Poplar 600 Purpleheart 1860 Teak 1000 Walnut, Black 1010 Wenge 1630 exoticwoodflooring.com
Wood Species
Janka Hardness (lb) Teakwood (Brown) 1200 Teakwood (Ruby) 1200 Maple, Ivory 1500 Gingerwood 1600 Tabaccowood 1750 Bamboo 1800 Bocote 2200 Olivewood, Brazilian 3700
Wood Species
Janka Hardness (lb) Bamboo 1800 Bocote 2200 Gingerwood 1600 Ivory maple 1500 Olivewood, Brazilian 3700 Tabaccowood 1750 Teakwood (Brown) 1200 Teakwood (Ruby) 1200 Wood Flooring International
Domestic Species - to North America
Flooring Trade Name Botanical Name Hardness - Janka Cherry, N. American Prunus, serotina 950 Walnut, N. American Juglans, nigra 1010 Oak, Red Quercus, rubra 1260 Ash, White Fraxinus, excelsior 1320 Oak, White Quercus, alba 1360 Maple, N. American Acer, saccharum 1450 Imported Species - to North America
Flooring Trade Name Botanical Name Hardness - Janka Mahogany, Honduran Swietenia, macrophylla 800 Lacewood Roupala, brasiliensis 840 Ash, Victorian Eucalyptus, delegatensis 1010 Oak, Tasmanian Eucalyptus, regnans/obliqua 1010 Walnut, Peruvian Juglans, neotropica 1080 Teak, True Tectona, grandis 1155 Iroko/Kambala Chloraphora, excelsa 1260 Angelique Dicorynia, guianensis 1290 Beech, European Fagus, slyvatica 1300 Amendoim Pterogyne, nitens 1340 (15%) Cypress, Australian Callitrus, glauca 1375 Mahogany, Royal Pithecellobium, arboreum 1400 Merbau, Southern Pithecellobium, arboreum 1400 Walnut, Caribbean Lysiloma, bahamensis 1400 Walnut, Mayan/Aztec Lysiloma, bahamensis 1400 Maple, Brazilian Balfourodendron, riedelianum 1500 Maple, Patagonian Balfourodendron, riedelianum 1500 Afrormosia Pericopsis, elata 1560 Zebrawood Microberlina, brazzavillensis 1575 Wenge Milletia, laurentii 1630 Shedua/Mutenye Guibourtia, arnoldiana 1650 Kempas Koompassia, malaccensis 1710 Padauk, African Pterocarpus, soyauxii 1725 Doussie Afzelia, spp 1770 Rosewood, Bolivian Machaerium, sclieroxylon 1780 Merbau Intsia, spp 1925 Bubinga Guibourtia, demeusei 1980 Gum, Sydney Blue Eucalyptus, saligna 2025 Brushbox, Northern Tristania, spp 2045 Purpleheart Peltogyne, spp 2090 Goncalo Alves Astronium, spp 2160 Tigerwood Astronium, spp 2160 Mahogany, Santos Myroxylon, balsamum 2200 Rosewood, Honduran Dalbergia, Stevensonii 2200 Rosewood, Caribbean Metopium, browneii 2300 Chestnut, Southern Sweetia, panamensis 2670 Cherry, Patagonian Guibourtia, chodatianal 2800 Rosewood, Patagonian Piptadenia, macrocarpa 2800 Rosewood, Tiete Guibourtia, chodatianal 2800 Walnut, Patagonian Tabebuia, heptaphylla 2800 Cherry, Brazilian Hymenaea, courbaril 2820 Bloodwood Brosimum, rubescens 2900 Tamarind Dialium, guianense 3000 Cherry, Caribbean Lonchocarpus, castilloi 3100 Cherry, Mayan/Aztec Lonchocarpus, castilloi 3100 Chestnut, Brazilian Dipteryx, odorata 3540 Teak, Brazilian Dipteryx, odorata 3540 Walnut, Brazilian Tabebuia, spp 3680
Domestic Species - to North America
Flooring Trade Name Botanical Name Hardness - Janka Ash, White Fraxinus, excelsior 1320 Cherry, N. American Prunus, serotina 950 Maple, N. American Acer, saccharum 1450 Oak, Red Quercus, rubra 1260 Oak, White Quercus, alba 1360 Walnut, N. American Juglans, nigra 1010 Imported Species - to North America
Flooring Trade Name Botanical Name Hardness - Janka Afrormosia Pericopsis, elata 1560 Amendoim Pterogyne, nitens 1340 (15%) Angelique Dicorynia, guianensis 1290 Ash, Victorian Eucalyptus, delegatensis 1010 Beech, European Fagus, slyvatica 1300 Bloodwood Brosimum, rubescens 2900 Brushbox, Northern Tristania, spp 2045 Bubinga Guibourtia, demeusei 1980 Cherry, Brazilian Hymenaea, courbaril 2820 Cherry, Caribbean Lonchocarpus, castilloi 3100 Cherry, Mayan/Aztec Lonchocarpus, castilloi 3100 Cherry, Patagonian Guibourtia, chodatianal 2800 Chestnut, Brazilian Dipteryx, odorata 3540 Chestnut, Southern Sweetia, panamensis 2670 Cypress, Australian Callitrus, glauca 1375 Doussie Afzelia, spp 1770 Goncalo Alves Astronium, spp 2160 Gum, Sydney Blue Eucalyptus, saligna 2025 Iroko/Kambala Chloraphora, excelsa 1260 Kempas Koompassia, malaccensis 1710 Lacewood Roupala, brasiliensis 840 Mahogany, Royal Pithecellobium, arboreum 1400 Mahogany, Santos Myroxylon, balsamum 2200 Mahogany, Honduran Swietenia, macrophylla 800 Maple, Brazilian Balfourodendron, riedelianum 1500 Maple, Patagonian Balfourodendron, riedelianum 1500 Merbau Intsia, spp 1925 Merbau, Southern Pithecellobium, arboreum 1400 Oak, Tasmanian Eucalyptus, regnans/obliqua 1010 Padauk, African Pterocarpus, soyauxii 1725 Purpleheart Peltogyne, spp 2090 Rosewood, Bolivian Machaerium, sclieroxylon 1780 Rosewood, Caribbean Metopium, browneii 2300 Rosewood, Honduran Dalbergia, Stevensonii 2200 Rosewood, Patagonian Piptadenia, macrocarpa 2800 Rosewood, Tiete Guibourtia, chodatianal 2800 Shedua/Mutenye Guibourtia, arnoldiana 1650 Tamarind Dialium, guianense 3000 Teak, Brazilian Dipteryx, odorata 3540 Teak, True Tectona, grandis 1155 Tigerwood Astronium, spp 2160 Walnut, Brazilian Tabebuia, spp 3680 Walnut, Caribbean Lysiloma, bahamensis 1400 Walnut, Mayan/Aztec Lysiloma, bahamensis 1400 Walnut, Patagonian Tabebuia, heptaphylla 2800 Walnut, Peruvian Juglans, neotropica 1080 Wenge Milletia, laurentii 1630 Zebrawood Microberlina, brazzavillensis 1575
Stress and Modulus
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Wood Structures - A Design Guide and Commentary, compiled by Task Committee on Status-of-the-Art: Wood Committee on Wood, ASCE Structural Division, 1975, p 15.
Longitudinal, Tangential and Radial Coefficient, per degree Fahrenheit
Species Specific Gravity al (10-6) at (10-6) ar (10-6) Fir, white 0.40 1.85 18.1 12.1 Spruce, Sitka 0.42 1.74 17.9 13.2 Redwood 0.42 2.38 19.5 13.1 Douglas Fir 0.51 1.75 23.7 15.5 Cottonwood 0.43 1.60 18.1 12.9 Yellow poplar 0.43 1.76 16.5 15.4 Birch, yellow 0.66 1.86 21.3 17.0 Maple, yellow 0.68 2.12 19.6 14.8