Content (Syllabus outline)

• The tasks and importance of hydrothermal processing of wood.
• Kinetics of hydrothermal processes - influence of temperature, pressure, humidity and time, analysis of heat and mass transfer, external and internal - material transfer resistance.
• Chemical, morphological, physical and mechanical changes in wood during hydrothermal procedure.
• Effect of temperature and moisture content on the rheological properties of wood: elasticity, plasticity and visco-elasticity of wood.
• Methods of technological processes for bending, preparing wood for bending, bending procedures, stabilization of the curves, defects.
• Numerical analysis of hydrothermal processes.
• Measurement and automation - control and monitoring of hydrodynamic processes.
• Optimization of hydrothermal processes.
• Design and planning of hydrothermal processes.

Prerequisites

1. Entry in the corresponding year of the study programme.

2.
- Attendance at exercises and written report,
- colloquium from tutorials,
- tests.