Content (Syllabus outline)

• Overview of structural wood composites.
• General requirements for structural wood-based composites.
• Fundamental principles of design of structural wood-based composites.
• Engineered approach at design of structural wood-based composites.
• Influence of composition on relevant properties of structural wood composites.
• Modelling and calculation of strength properties of structural wood composites.
• Requirements for structural adhesives.
• Design and structure of glued laminated beams.
• Conventional and modern technology for production of glued laminated timber.
• Design and structure of cross laminated timber.
• Conventional and modern technology for production of cross laminated timber.
• Plywood and laminated wood from veneer.
• Technology and properties of structural composite lumber: LVL, PSL, LSL.
• I-beams and T-beams.
• Structural wood-based composites from heat-treated and densified wood.
• Structural wood-based composites in wooden building.
• Novel technologies in production of structural wood-based composites and development.

Prerequisites

1. Prerequisites for the work:

-   entry in the corresponding year of the study programme

2. Terms of prerequisites:

-   attendance at tutorials

-   attendance at field work

-   colloquium from tutorials

-   laboratory report

-           tutorials