BIBLIOGRAPHY

Decay of Wood
NRC's Institute for Research in Construction (Canada), 1972

The Nature of Wood and Wood Products
Forest Products Management Development Institute, University of Minnesota.

Wood handbook--Wood as an engineering material.
Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.463 p.

Physical Properties and Moisture Relations of Wood
(Chapter 3, Decay Resistance)

Mechanical Properties of Wood
(Chapter 4, Mechanical Properties of Wood)

Adhesive Bonding of Wood Materials
(Chapter 9, Adhesive Bonding of Wood Materials)

Hardwood of North America
Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-83. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 136 p.

GRAPHICS

Mechanical Properties of Wood Species

	Modulus of rupture (Strength)	Modulus of elasticity (Stiffness)	Work to Maximum load	Shear parallel to grain	Side hardness
	(lbs/in2)	(lbs/in2)	(in-lbs/in3)	(lbs/in2)	(lbs)
Hard Maple	15,800	1,830,000	16.5	2,330	1,450
Northen Red Oak	14,300	1,820,000	14.5	1,780	1,290
White Oak	15,200	1,780,000	14.8	2,000	1,360

Source: Wood handbook--Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Chapter 4, table 4-3a



Shrinkage (%) from green to ovendry moisture content

Species	Radial	Tangential	Volumetric
Hard Maple	4.8	9.9	14.7
Northen Red Oak	4.0	8.6	13.7
White Oak	5.6	10.5	16.3

Source: Wood handbook--Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113. Madison, WI:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Chapter 3, table 3-5

WEB LINKS

Decay of Wood
NRC's Institute for Research in Construction (Canada).

Wood Preservation
Forest Products Management Development Institute,
University of Minnesota.