This accessible overview of the important physical-mechanical properties of the main wood species and typical wood-based materials covers moisture, elasticity and creep, and strength properties, and design to Eurocode 5. Plus wood protection, bonding and non-destructive monitoring. For architects, engineers, and students.
Wood and wood-based materials are increasingly being used in the construction of large and multi-storey buildings. Knowledge of their materials properties is necessary to avoid errors in construction, and for the successful application of design guidelines such as Eurocode 5.
This book gives an overview of the important physical-mechanical properties of the main wood species and typical wood-based materials, described in relation to moisture, elasticity and creep, and their strength properties, along with important application guidelines for their use in the building industry. In addition, information is given on wood protection, fire behaviour and bonding, as well as the non-destructive monitoring of timber structures.
The book is both accessible enough and technical enough to suit both architects and civil engineers. It can also be used as an introduction by mechanical engineers, chemists, automation engineers and others working in the wood industry, and also by vocational education students.
1. General Aspects of Using Wood in Construction,
2. The Structure of
Wood and Wood-Based Materials and Its Modification,
3. Structure-properties
relations of wood and wood-based materials,
4. Overview of the
physical-mechanical properties of wood and wood-based materials,
5.
Understanding the effects of moisture in wood and wood-based materials,
6.
Density of wood and wood-based materials,
7. Other Important Physical
Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Materials,
8. Elastic and inelastic
properties of wood and wood-based materials,
9. Strength properties of wood
and wood-based materials,
10. Durability of wood and wood-based materials,
11. Surface treatment,12. Bonding of wood,
13. Guidelines for the use of
timber in construction
Peter Niemz is an Emeritus Professor at the Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, where he previously served as Head of the Wood Physics Group. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.
Dick Sandberg is a Mechanical Engineer and Professor of Design and Fabrication of Timber Constructions at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Gjøvik, Norway, and an Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.
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