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BMATWT 304 - Properties of Wood
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Meetings: Fall Term - M,W 1:25-2:15, F 1:25-3:20, Holdsworth
105
Credits: 3
SPIRE: 71704 & 77452 (Fall 2008)
Instructor: Alexander C. Schreyer
Office: Holdsworth Hall, Room 125
Office hours: TBA & by appointment (email)
Email: schr...@nrc.umass.edu
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Phone: (413) 545-1976
TA: Kenny Murray
Email: kfmu...@student.umass.edu
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Introduction:
Wood is an amazing building material: It is beautiful and warm to the
touch. It is easy to machine and abundantly available. It is light, yet
strong and stiff. And best of all: It comes from a renewable source.
To build with wood, however, requires understanding its peculiarities:
the variability of its properties, its interaction with water and the
possibility of biodeterioration.
This course introduces students to the physical and mechanical properties
of wood. It provides an overview of wood-based products and exposes students
to structural systems in wood. Basic techniques for physical measurement
and mechanical testing are introduced by conducting and analyzing several
laboratory experiments.
Topics:
- Wood as a Building Material
- Physical Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Protection and Modification
- Wood-Based Products
- Connections
- Structural Systems
Rules, Exams and Grading:
See the PDF-version
of the syllabus for details.
Required Text:
FPS, "Wood Handbook - Wood as an Engineering Material".
1999, Forest Products Society. ISBN 1-892529-02-5
Copies of this book have been ordered and should be available (soon) in the UMass Textbook Annex. A reference copy is available in Room 110.
Optional Literature:
R. Bruce Hoadley, "Understanding Wood. A Craftsman's Guide to Wood
Technology".
2000, Taunton Press.
Bowyer, Shmulsky, Haygreen, “Forest Products and Wood Science:
An Introduction. Fifth Edition”. 2007, Blackwell
Publishing.
Herzog, Natterer, Schweitzer, Volz, Winter, “Timber Construction Manual”. 2004, Birkhaeuser/Springer.
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