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Engineering Properties for Balsa Wood

10/31/2007 11:50 AM

IM looking for the Modulus of Elasticity and Poisssons ratio of Balsa Wood? Could anyone help,
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Re: Endgrain Balsa wood Engineering Properties?

10/31/2007 12:04 PM

ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/1286/1/FPL_1528ocr.pdf
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Re: Endgrain Balsa wood Engineering Properties?

10/31/2007 12:11 PM

Thank you kindly, what a fast reply.
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Re: Endgrain Balsa wood Engineering Properties?

10/31/2007 12:54 PM

Great Scott! What else is in there? I'd better take a look.

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Re: Engineering Properties for Balsa Wood

11/01/2007 6:58 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_ratio

Here is the answer I think.

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Re: Engineering Properties for Balsa Wood

09/27/2008 9:53 PM

the ratio is 1:5000 as the balsa wood is fairly light about 25lb. the modulus is concentration of elasticity in the core of blsa wood.
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