Study unit

Student will gain some knowledge of materials science, particularly regarding porous, anisotropic, hygroscopic and time-dependent materials, as well as composites and laminates made of them.

Essentials: Properties and material properties. Thermal and moisture expansion. Sorption and hysteresis. Diffusion, conductance, flow. Porosity effects. Complementary knowledge: Thermal transitions. Composites. Strength. Special knowledge: Time-dependent material behavior.

Lectures (24 h), exercises (50 h), literature (49 h), examination.

Update 6.11.2020:

The course will be organized as a contact or hybrid teaching in the spring semester 2021. The lectures are streamed, so you can also listen to the lectures online.

Vogel, S., Comparative Biomechanics. Life's Physical World. Princeton University Press 2003, pp. 1-89; 299-441. (16 h study time budgeted for an average student)

Gibson, L. J. and Ashby, M. F., Cellular solids. 2. Ed., Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-428, 453-502. (8 h study time budgeted for an average student)

Bodig, J. and Jayne, B.: Mechanics of wood and wood composites. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1982, pp. 1-47, 176-393, 461-612. (20 h study time budgeted for an average student)

Jastrzebski, Z. D., The nature and properties of engineering materials. John Wiley & Sons, 3. ed. 1987, pp. 1-73, 125-193, 372-423, 522-560. (16 h study time budgeted for an average student)

0-5. Evaluation is based on the examination (75%) and weekly exercises (25%).

Professor of Forest Products Technology

Every year. (January-February)

Joensuu campus, video connection to Kuopio campus.

The language of instruction for the course is English.