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Table 1 Material properties for Sitka spruce as an orthotropic material (Forest Products Laboratory (US) 1999 )

From: Can a brace be used to control the frequencies of a plate?

Material Properties

Values

Density – μ (kg/m3)

403.2

Young’s modulus – E R (MPa)

850

Young’s modulus – E L (MPa)

E R / 0.078

Shear modulus – G LR (MPa)

E L × 0.064

Poisson’s ratio – ν LR

0.372

Poisson’s ratio – ν RL

ν LR × E R /E L