Course content

The course will give an introduction to the following areas: 1) Mechanical properties of wood and wood based structural materials, 2) Models for representation of physical properties, anisotropy, effects of moisture and load duration on wood structural materials, 3) Statistical methods for planning and evaluation of experiments and 4) Methods for execution of physical testing and data acquistion of measured quantities.

Learning outcome

After successfully completed the course the candidate is able to evaluate complex experimental investigations of the mechanical properties of wood and composites.

Knowledge:
After successfully completed the course the candidate should have a detailed understanding of the mechanical properties of wood and wood-based composites, planning experimental tests with wood-based materials and have knowledge of methods for evaluation of test results based on statistical processing of measured data.

Skills:
After successfully completed the course the candidate is able to:
- Perform independent experimental
- Master the standard work procedures in with laboratory work
- Post-processing test results from multivariate experiments
- Interpreting results from tests and to estimate the reliability and accuracy

General knowledge:
After successfully completed the course the student will have developed their ability to think critically and be able to utilize it to ensure the quality and further develop the underlying knowledge that exist in complex research papers, and hence form an impression of how the research front is.

Learning methods and activities

The teaching is carried out as a combination of lectures and colloquiums.The lectures and exercises are in English when students who do not speak Norwegian take the course. To pass the course a score of at least 70 percent is required.

Compulsory assignments

• Report

Recommended previous knowledge

TKT4211 Timber Structures, basics in mechanics, statistics and the finite element method or similar.

Course materials

J. Bodig & B.A. Jayne: Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites, Krieger, ISBN 0-89464-777-6, I.M. Daniel & O. Ishai: Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2.ed. Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515097-X. R. E. Walpole, R.H. Myers, S.L. S.L. Myers and K.Ye: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 2002. In addition some notes and articles will be used.