Basralocus
OTHER COMMON NAME: ANGELIQUE
- TIMBER BOTANICAL NAME: DICORYNIA GUIANESIS/PARAENSIS
- TYPE: BASRALOCUS piles are square hewn marine piles.
- QUALITY: BASRALOCUS marine piles are made from live trees. All bark and surface defects are removed. No rot and decay is permitted on the sides, tip and butt. The surfaces have the typical appearance of hewing.
- WEIGHT: About 800-1000 kg/M3 in the green condition.
- DURABILITY: BASRALOCUS is a class I timber. Extremely durable. Naturally resistant to biological attack of all kinds, including marine borers. No wood treatment of any kind is required!
- STRENGTH: BASRALOCUS piles are superior marine piles! Compare to Douglas Fir below in table 5.
Working stresses, kfg/cm2 |
BASRALOCUS |
DOUGLAS FIR |
Bending |
190 |
120 |
Tension |
170 |
110 |
Compression | | grain |
140 |
80 |
Compression ^ to grain |
35 |
18 |
Shear |
14 |
10 |
Modulus of Elasticity |
140,000 |
110,000 |
Source: Working Stresses for a number of Wood Species by A. Govers, Timber Institute TNO, Delft, The Netherlands |
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Table 5. Comparative Strength
- DIMENSIONS: Lengths up to 25 meters
- CROSS-SECTION: 20 cm x 20 cm to 60 cm x 60 cm. Mid-length side dimension typically are about 20 cm plus 1/100 of pile length in meters. For example, a 20 meter (65.6') pile would have a mid-length cross-section of about 20 cm + 20 m/100 = 40 cm or 15.75".
- TOLERANCES: +/- 3 cm in thickness and width +/- 50 cm in length
- TAPER: Little or no taper for about half the pile length, thereafter about 3/4 cm of taper per lineal meter.
- AVAILABILITY: Enquire about availability.