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CIE 5124 Biobased Structures and Materials

Additional readings on Brightspace

In addition of the TE chapters and the lecture sheets, these documents serve to deepen the subjects
which have been discussed in the lectures.

NOTE:
All standards are listed under ‘additional readings’ are informative in conjunction with the lectures.

Date Subject Additional readings

20-04-2022 Sustainability Sustainability
Documents:
Wood as a Sustainable Building Material
 Sustainability 1–3
 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 1–4
 Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
 Certification (PEFC) Schemes 1–5
Informative
EN 15804:2012, EN 16485:2014

22-04-2022 Durability of Wood/Bamboo Durability

Documents:
Wood mechanical properties chapter_05.pdf
 Temperature 5–35
 Sapwood and Heartwood (3-2)
 Time Under Load 5–38
 Aging 5–41
 Exposure to Chemicals 5–41
 Chemical Treatment 5–41
 Mould and Stain Fungi 5–43
 Decay 5–43
 Insect Damage 5–44

Special treatment modification chapter_19.pdf

Chemical Modification 19-12

Wood Biodegradation.pdf
Decay 14-3..15

Informative
 NEN EN 460 1994
 EN 335 2013
 EN 350 2016

Viscoelasticity
Documents:
2000 Dinwoodie Timber Its nature and behaviour
Chapter 6.3.
Basic Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
Page 1-11 (understanding the principles of viscoelasticity)

w.f.gard@tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology – Biobased Structures and Materials

The Netherlands
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Date Subject Additional readings

20-5-2022 Service Life Prediction Service Life
Documents:
 11 SLP 2011 Brischke_ service life.pdf
 2011 Guideline Woodexter
Engineered products: LVL, WPC, bamboo
2018 Engineered wood products CIE5124.pdf
(presentation)
 Wood based panels 2 chapter 12. Pdf

25-5-2022  Adhesives (self-study) Adhesives

 Monuments and repair (self-study) Document:
Bonding wood glue: Bond formation

Monuments and Repair

Documents:
2018 Monuments CIE5124.pdf (presentation)
STEP 2: D3
STEP 2: D4
STEP 1: C12

w.f.gard@tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology – Biobased Structures and Materials

The Netherlands