Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Wood Material Technology AEM105 1. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Oral Presantation
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Mehmet BUDAKÇI
Instructor(s) Mehmet BUDAKÇI
Assistants
Goals Manufacturing and rational usage of wood and wood based products are depend on physical properties of wood. The goals of this course are to develop a basic understanding of the basic anatomy of wood, physical and mechanical properties, drying-steaming and, impregnation techniques of wood, the influence of cell structure variation on wood properties, and the degree to which this variability can controlled by growing conditions, the relationships between raw material quality and final products quality. The course also provides an appropriate introduction to wood products for students of materials science and construction materials.
Course Content • Occurring of wood, developing in length and breadth in wood, ultra-microscopic structure of cell wall in a ripe cell, cell tissue elements of softwoods and hardwoods trees. • Macroscopic structure and properties of tree, wood defects (about anatomy) physical structure and properties of wood materials, relation between wood and water, specific gravity, thermo, electrical and acoustic properties. • Mechanical properties of wood materials. • Drying and conserving of wood materials. Wood material technology with yield layer, covering, plywood, composite wood product such as fiberboard and chipboard and their usage. • The appreciation students completed this course gain to comprehensive knowledge and skill about wood materials • Put in use knowledge/skill acquired during the course in work environment effectively.
Learning Outcomes - To learn occurring of wood
- To learn mechanical properties of wood materials
- To learn macroscopic structure and properties of tree,
- To learn drying and conserving of wood materials.
- Put in use knowledge/skill acquired during the course in work environment effectively.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Dealing format of lecture and subjects
2. Week Woody plants, the general structure of tree, cell, layers of cell wall and micelle theory
3. Week Microscopic structure of wood, softwoods and hardwoods
4. Week Microscopic structure, abnormal formations in cell structure and reaction wood
5. Week Microscopic structure, macroscopic structure, pith, ray cell, annual growth ring, texture knot, sapwood, heartwood, odour, colour, flavor, gloss,
6. Week Macroscopic structure, fibers, wood defects
7. Week Chemical Structure of wood
8. Week Physical properties of wood materials, relation between wood and water, moisture, hygroscopic equilibrium
9. Week Drying of wood materials
10. Week Impregnate
11. Week Composite wood products (veneer, plywood, lumber core plywood and their usage)
12. Week Composite wood products (particleboard, fiberboard and their usage)
13. Week Laminate, Laminated wood materials
14. Week Engineering veneers
Recommended Sources
• Örs, Y., and Keskin, H., 2001,Wood Material Knowledge, KOSGEB Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization, Kale Printing House, Ankara.
• Berkel, A.,1970, Wood Material Technology, I.U. Faculty of Forest’s Publications, Publication Number:1448-147, 212-248, Istanbul
• Bozkurt,. A. Y., Erdin, N., 2000, Wood Anatomy, I.U. Faculty of Forest’s Publications, Publication Number: 4263-466, 198-201, Istanbul.
Dinçel, K., Çelebi, N., Şanıvar, N., Ağaç Teknolojisi, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, İstanbul 1970.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 3 3
Homework 1 1 18 18
Homework 2 1 18 18
Final 1 3 3
Practice 1 18 18
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 102
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0