Wood Shrinkage Calculator

Inputs
Wood species:
*Click here to learn more about wood drying and why/how it shrinks
Shrinkage green to ovendry
  Radial: %   Tangential: %
Wood moisture content
Use wood moisture content    Use relative humidity
  Initial: %   Final: %
Wood dimensions & FSP
Initial dimension: Fiber Saturation Pt: %
OUTPUTS
Final dimensions (same units as inputs)
  Radial:   Tangential:
Dimensional change (same units as inputs)
  Radial:   Tangential:
Computed moisture content (if relative humidity given)
  Initial:   Final:

References

Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood Handbook - Wood as an Engineering Material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-113.  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI.