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Table 2 Elastic moduli and Poisson ratios for green core- and outerwood Pinus radiata

From: Elastic constants of green Pinus radiata wood

Direction

Stiff outerwood

Non-stiff outerwood

Stiff corewood

Non-stiff corewood

E r  (GPa)

0.49

0.3

0.26

0.31

E t  (GPa)

0.25

0.19

0.24

0.17

E l  (GPa)

4.36

2.81

3.5

2.38

TL (GPa)

0.11

0.21

0.11

0.13

LR (GPa)

0.06

0.03

0.04

0.03

RT (GPa)

0.05

0.02

0.02

0.04

v rt

0.64

0.54

0.60

0.77

v rl

0.03

0.05

0.03

0.06

v tr

0.33

0.33

0.55

0.42

v tl

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.04

v lr

0.29

0.47

0.36

0.44

v lt

0.60

0.16

0.37

0.50

  1. Elastic moduli (E) and Poisson ratios (υ) optimised for the orthotropic assumption. Subscripts define the load direction (r = radial; t = tangential; l = longitudinal), and the terms TL, LR and RT define the shear planes