Renewable and Wood-Based Materials in Civil Engineering

Course content

The students will learn the important anatomical, physical and chemical properties of organic construction materials and will deepen the knowledge about resources, properties, processes and use of organic, plant- and wood-based materials in construction. The material science aspects of plant-based materials such as constitutive equations, creep, mechano-sorptive creep etc. will be discussed.

Contents

  • Definition of organic construction materials
  • Ecological aspects of renewable resources (GWP, ODP, grey energy, radiative forcing)
  • Properties of organic, plant-based materials in construction
  • Wood and wood-based materials, natural-fiber based insulation materials
  • Environmental parameters in evaluation of materials
  • Mechanical and physical properties of fiber-based construction materials

Course information

Code 4334003
Degree programme(s) Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering,
Lecturer(s) and contact person Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bohumil Kasal
Type of course Lecture and exercise course
Semester Winter semester
Language of instruction English
Level of study Master
ECTS credits 6