Course Name	Mechanics of Wood Materials
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Hee-Seop Byeon
	Affiliation	Division of Forest Sciences

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

Mechanics of wood materials covers the mechanical properties of solid wood and wood-based materials. The following mechanical properties will be discussed. Stress and strain, elasticity, viscoelasticity, strength, and hardness etc.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

1. Wood Physics & Mechanics. Hyang MunSa. Hee-Seop Byeon and others.

2. Forest Products and Wood. Iowa state University Press.

3. Mechanics of Materials. Prentice Hall. R. C. Hibbeler.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: occasion demands

Grading Scheme: Attendance10, middle term40, final term40, assignment10 or Pop quiz 10.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

1. General mechanical Characteristics of wood and wood-based materials

2. The tension and compression test

3. Stress and strain

4. Hooke's law

5. Poisson's ratio

6. The bending test

7. Shear and moment diagrams

8. Bending deformation

9. Stress concentration

10. Hardness

11. Shear test

12. Shear stresses

13. Torsion

14. Creep

15. Fatique

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-751-5506             e-mail: hsbyeon@gnu.ac.kr