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Innovative Wooden and Composite Materials

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Course abstract

Wood composites are derivatives of wood products. There are manufacturers that produce different types of wood composites. Depending on their application, the physico-mechanical properties of these wood composites, etc., must be known. characteristics. The study course examines the theoretical foundations of composites, production technologies and equipment to be used, as well as the technical and economic rationale for the use of new composite materials from the point of view of environmental protection during their production and use, as well as during their processing. The aim of the study course is to introduce students to wood composite materials, their properties and production technologies.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Knowledge of advantages and disadvantages of wood composite materials (defense of laboratory work and oral assessment). Skills in creating the theoretical base of various wood-wood composites (defense of independent work, laboratory work and oral assessment). Competence to find the most suitable, environmentally friendly and economically advantageous variant of the development and execution of the imagined wood composite product (defense of independent work, laboratory works and oral assessment).

Course Content(Calendar)

In full-time studies:
1. Classification of wood composites. Characterization of wood inorganic binders and chemical additives (1h).
2. Mechanism of connection of wood and mineral binders. Production technology of arbolite, cement and gypsum boards (1h).
3. Wood composite formation without binders. Ligno-carbohydrate wood plastics (1h).
4. Theoretical foundations of wood modification. Monomers and polymers in wood modification (1h).
5. Modification technologies, material properties and use (1h).
6. Technologies for the production of wood pressings, compositions of pressings and their use (1h).
7. Technological processes of wood and adhesive composites (1h).
8. Classification of wood polymer composites manufacturing methods and composite formation (1h).
9. Wood polymer manufacturing equipment and technologies. Technological properties of materials (1h).
10. Transformation of wood fibers into new materials using nanotechnology. Ecology and environmental protection in the creation of wood composites (1h).
12. Laboratory work - extraction of wood and wood composites, testing of properties and assessment of compliance (14h).

Requirements for awarding credit points

In order to obtain a credit indicating completion of the study course:
- all laboratory work must be developed and presented;
- the rationale for the creation and use of the imaginary wood composite product must be defended;
- the written assessment test must be passed successfully.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Independent work on a topic chosen by the student in connection with the study course plan

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The final evaluation of the study course consists of:
Independent work - 20%
Defended laboratory works – 60%
Oral assessment - 20%

Compulsory reading

1. Rangappa S. M., Parameswaranpillai J., Kumar M. H., Siengchin S.. Wood Polymer Composites. Springer Singapore, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1606-8
2. Ansell M. P. Wood Composites. Elsevier Ltd. 2015., https://doi.org/10.1016/C2014-0-02700-1
3. Rowell R.M., Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites. 2nd Edition. CRC Press, 2013.,
1. Jones P. D., Shmulsky R. Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction, 7th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2019., 504 p.

Further reading

1. Hoadley R.B. Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology. The Taunton Press, 2000. 288 p.
2. Klyosov A. A., Wood-Plastic Composites. Willey, 2007., 736 p.

Periodicals and other sources

Baltijas Koks. ISSN 1407-6667

Notes

The study course is included in the compulsory part of the study program Wood Materials and Technology of the Forest Faculty.