891335 Wood quality


Type
Lecture
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Grabner, Michael , Müller, Ulrich
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

- Wood anatomy and structure
- Wood properties of interest
- relationships between wood structure and properties
- relationship between fundamental wood properties and roundwood characteristics
- effets of wood properties on production processes and products
- visual and machine grading (multi sensor technologies)
- effect of forest management and silviculture on wood quality
- examples from reserach projects and practice

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

This lecture gives an overview of wood properties of roundwood and sawn timber that determine the wood quality in srespect of the givenrequirements. The link to forest growth and silviculture shis provided by real life exampls. Possibilities to sustain and improve wood quality will be discussed.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.