The Mechanical Properties of Wood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 160 pages of information about The Mechanical Properties of Wood.

The Mechanical Properties of Wood eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 160 pages of information about The Mechanical Properties of Wood.
|-----------------+----------+---------+------------+-------
---+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------| | Bald cypress | 4800 | 900 | 1,150,000 | 500 | 120 | | | 340 | 170 | 3900 | 1100 | 830 | 1100(1-l/60_d_) | | |-----------------+----------+---------+------------+-------
---+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------| | Red cedar | 4200 | 800 | 800,000 | | | | | 470 | 230 | 2800 | 900 | 680 | 900(1-l/60_d_) | | |-----------------+----------+---------+------------+-------
---+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+----------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------| | White oak | 5700 | 1100 | 1,150,000 | 840 | 210 | 270 | 110 | 920 | 450 | 3500 | 1300 | 980 | 1300(1-l/60_d_) | 12 | |-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | These unit-stresses are for a green condition of timber and are l = Length in inches. | | to be used without increasing the live load stresses for impact. d = Least side in inches. | |-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |[Footnote b:  Adopted, Vol. 1909, pp. 537, 564, 609-611.] | |[Footnote c:  Green timber in exposed work.] | |[Footnote d:  Partially air-dry] | |-----------------------------------------------------------
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Part I:  Some general works on mechanics, materials of construction, and testing of materials.

Part II:  Publications and articles on the mechanical properties
of wood, and timber testing.

Part III:  Publications of the U.S.  Government on the mechanical
            properties of wood, and timber testing.

PART 1.  SOME GENERAL WORKS ON MECHANICS, MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND TESTING OF MATERIALS

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