Shrinkage for Some Wood Species Estimated by Density

The knowledge about anisotropy of wood possibility more security design of structures and structural members designed. Therefore, there are little quantity of results knowledge about shrinkage and anisotropy coefficients of Wood species, motivating the development of new researches. The aim of research is evaluate the possibility of estimate the full shrinkage (radial; tangential; volumetric), anisotropy coefficient and shrinkage coefficient (radial; tangential; volumetric), using polynomial regression models (linear; quadratic; cubic) and exponential, by density of five Wood species (Cedro Doce [C20]; Canafistula [C30]; Angelim Araroba [C40]; Mandioqueira [C50]; Angelim Vermelho [C60]), properly classifieds in five strength classes for dicotyledonous according Brazilian Standard ABNT NBR 7190:1997. The better results were from tangential and volumetric retractions both using exponentials functions, justified by lower values of variation coefficients, with coefficients values of determination adjusted ranging from 51 and 54%. Even considered significant to the regressions for the tangential and volumetric shrinkage by analysis of variance, but with adjusted coefficients of determination lower than 70%, news researches should realized with other Wood species, enabling find general expressions for estimating such properties using the knowledge of the density.