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Timber, Sustainable & Renewable Material (FRST90031)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2017
Overview
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This subject introduces students to various concepts of sustainable and renewable timber products including timber engineering, design durability, manufactured wood products, biomass waste utilization and recycling, environmental considerations in timber use and more. A major focus will be placed on environmental aspects of the use of timber as a building material and the role of timber in ecologically sustainable design. Students will be introduced to concepts in:
- Environmental properties of timber and the role of forest products in climate change
- Utilisation of young plantation timber resources
- Timber engineering, including physical and mechanical properties of wood, visual and machine stress grading, fasteners and connectors
- Design durability, including wood permeability, wood preservation and termite control
- Surface coatings, gluing properties and adhesion
- Engineered wood products
- The use of timber in internal and external applications
- Principles of design, the role of industrial design, 3R design concept (design for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)
- Biomass waste utilisation and recycling
- Forest industries and their role in developing economies.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should have a practical knowledge of:
- The concepts in sustainability
- Environmental attributes of timber and timber products
- Options in biomass utilisation and reuse of products
- Cradle to grave analysis
- Timber engineering
- Design durability
- The design of timber products
- Green star rating system in buildings
- Forest industries and their role in economic development.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
Final test based on the knowledge gained on the subject on the last day of Intensive subject (30%) 1000 words,
Major assignment - 4,000 words due 8 weeks after subject ends (70%).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2017
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Please note that this subject has a pre-teaching period and during this time students will be required to read the book 'Wood in Australia' (Part 1) by Keith R Bootle, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2010.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Course notes will be provided on LMS
Recommended texts and other resources
- Timber Engineering Step 1. Basis of design, material properties, structural components and joints. First Edition, Centrum Hout, The Netherlands.
- Timber Engineering Step 2. Design - Details and structural system. First Edition, Centrum Hout, The Netherlands.
- Wood Handbook. Wood as an Engineering Material. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory. Ag. Handbook No. 72.
- Related Handbook entries
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Last updated: 3 November 2022