The central question of this course: “why study wood?” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the changing needs of society. Some items on the list of wood products stay the same (lumber, plywood and veneer for building construction, furniture, shipping pallets & crates and other containers & packaging materials, railroad ties, utility poles, chemical feed stocks, etc), but the list also keeps changing to meet new needs and challenges as the resource changes.
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Universidad de Virginia Occidental
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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Welcome and Global Use
Basic Wood Science
Wood Products
Wood and the Environment
Reseñas
- 5 stars71,47 %
- 4 stars23,62 %
- 3 stars3,41 %
- 2 stars0,74 %
- 1 star0,74 %
Principales reseñas sobre WOOD SCIENCE: BEYOND BUILDING
I am glad that I took this informative course. This course is useful to each and every people irrespective of their academic background and interests. It is good course regarding wood and its uses.
It is a very useful topic to everyone. It explains about the how human damage environment. And how we regulate the wastages of wood
Short, sweet, simple, and concise while at the same time presenting a decent summary of key factors affecting wood use and harvest as it pertains to construction.
It was a great experience to learn wood, I am a civil engineer unfortunately we learn much of wood in school. Thanks to everyone who available us to learn this materials.
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