TRUST WOOD

Factory For Wood Industries

Cypress Wood Mechanical Properties

Project Hassan 2020
Main Villa Overwater Area
Umluj - Saudi Arabia

2/24/2020

Third Industrial Area-Jeddah P.O. Box. 4843, Jeddah21412-Saudi Arabia

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 Properties of Cypress Wood
 Tree Size: 24-37 m tall, 1-1.5 m trunk diameter
 Average Dried Weight : 515 kg/m3
 Shrinkage: Radial: 3.8%, Tangential: 6.2%, Volumetric: 10.4%, T/R Ratio: 1.6
 Color/Appearance: Color tends to be a light, yellowish brown.
 Grain/Texture: Straight grain and medium texture to coarse texture, raw,
unfinished wood surfaces have a greasy feel.
 Endgrain: Resin canals absent; earlywood to latewood transition abrupt, color
contrast medium; tracheid diameter large to very large.
 Rot Resistance: Old-growth Cypress is rated as being durable to very durable
in regards to decay resistance, while wood from younger trees is only rated as
moderately durable.
 Cypress has good gluing, nailing, finishing, and paint-holding properties.
 Common Uses: Exterior construction, docks, boatbuilding, interior trim, and
veneer.

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 Physical & Mechanical Properties
Cypress Wood

Hardness, Wood Indentation 2270 N

Tensile Strength, Ultimate 1.93 MPa Perpendicular to Grain
27.6 MPa Fiber Stress at Elastic Limit; Static
Flexural Yield Strength
Bending
Compressive Yield Strength 3.24 MPa Perpendicular to Grain
Specific Gravity 0.46
Density (kg/m3) 502.979
Static Bending-Dry Lumber
Modulus of rupture (Mpa) 73.1
Modulus of elasticity (GPa) 9.93
Work to maximum load (kg/m3) 131.35
Impact Bending-Dry Lumber
Height of drop causing failure (cm) 60.96
Compression parallel to grain-Dry Lumber
Maximum crushing strength (Mpa) 43.9
Compression perpendicular to grain-Dry Lumber

Fiber stress at proportional limit (kg/cm2) 51.324

Tension perpendicular to the grain-Dry Lumber
Maximum tensile strength (kg/cm2) 18.982
Shear parallel to grain-Dry Lumber
Maximum shearing strength (kg/cm2) 70.306
Side Hardness (kg) 231.332
Flame Spread Rating 145-150
Thermal Properties / Shrinkage

3.8 %
Radial; Unseasoned to Oven Dry
6.2 %
Tangential; Unseasoned to Oven Dry
10.4 %
Volumetric; Unseasoned to Oven Dry