Solid timber Wood Properties

The below table outlines the material properties for Solid timber material including the young's modulus, yield strength, ultimate strength and other relevant mechanical properties required for structural and mechanical design.

TR26

Solid timber Young's Modulus

The Young's Modulus of Solid timber ranges between 8,000 and 17,000 MPa Young's Modulus represents the material overall strength. See the below tables to get your specific material grade material strength.

C16 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	8,000 MPa	310 kg/m³	0.4	16 MPa	10 MPa	0.4 MPa	17 MPa	2.2 MPa	3.2 MPa	5,400 MPa	270 MPa	500 MPa

C18 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	9,000 MPa	320 kg/m³	0.4	18 MPa	11 MPa	0.4 MPa	18 MPa	2.2 MPa	3.4 MPa	6,000 MPa	300 MPa	560 MPa

C24 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	11,000 MPa	350 kg/m³	0.4	24 MPa	14 MPa	0.4 MPa	21 MPa	2.5 MPa	4 MPa	7,400 MPa	370 MPa	690 MPa

TR26 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	11,000 MPa	370 kg/m³	0.4	28.3 MPa	17 MPa	0.4 MPa	22.5 MPa	2.6 MPa	4 MPa	7,400 MPa	370 MPa	690 MPa

C30 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	12,000 MPa	380 kg/m³	0.4	30 MPa	18 MPa	0.4 MPa	23 MPa	2.7 MPa	4 MPa	8,000 MPa	400 MPa	750 MPa

D24 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	10,000 MPa	485 kg/m³	0.4	24 MPa	14 MPa	0.6 MPa	21 MPa	7.8 MPa	4 MPa	8,500 MPa	670 MPa	620 MPa

D30 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	11,000 MPa	530 kg/m³	0.4	30 MPa	18 MPa	0.6 MPa	23 MPa	8 MPa	4 MPa	9,200 MPa	730 MPa	690 MPa

D40 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	13,000 MPa	550 kg/m³	0.4	40 MPa	24 MPa	0.6 MPa	26 MPa	8.3 MPa	4 MPa	10,900 MPa	860 MPa	810 MPa

D50 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	14,000 MPa	620 kg/m³	0.4	50 MPa	30 MPa	0.6 MPa	29 MPa	9.3 MPa	4 MPa	11,800 MPa	930 MPa	880 MPa

D60 Wood Properties

Unit System	Young's Modulus, E	Density, ρ	Poisson's Ratio, ν	Characteristic Mean Strength, f_m,k	f_t,0,k	f_t,90,k	f_c,0,k	f_c,90,k	Characteristic Shear Strength, f_v,k	Characteristic Modulus of Elasticity, E_0.05	Mean Modulus of Elasticity, E_90,mean	Mean Shear Modulus, G_mean
Metric	17,000 MPa	700 kg/m³	0.4	60 MPa	36 MPa	0.6 MPa	32 MPa	10.5 MPa	4.5 MPa	14,300 MPa	1,130 MPa	1,060 MPa

Combined Glulam Wood Properties