Marine Grade Ply Research

Properties

Tensile Strength

High uniform strength: Wood is 45 times stronger along the grain than across the grain. Crossing the adjacent sheets tends to equalize the strength in all directions giving it very high tensile strength.

Hardness

Plywood has very hard surface strength. Has high damage and wear resistance.

Ductility

Plywood’s cross layer design makes the ductility low as it does not allow the wood to be bent along the grain of the sheet of wood.

Shear Strength

Plywood has very high shear strength. Its cross grain sheets layered allow the grain to work against strain horizontally and vertically along the sheet of plywood.