GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
WOOD PHYSICS/AEM-221
Course Title: WOOD PHYSICS
Credits 3 ECTS 2
Course Semester 3 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To know the physical properties of wood materials,
To know mechanical properties of wood materials
Use of physical and mechanical properties of wood materials

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Scope of tree material physics
2. Week  National and international standards established to determine physical and mechanical wood material properties
3. Week  Volume-weight relation in wood material.
4. Week  Wood material-water relations
5. Week  Contraction and expansion in wood materials
6. Week  Shrinkage and expansion in wood materials, Permeability (permeability)
7. Week  Thermal, electrical and acoustical properties of wood material
8. Week  Mechanical properties of wood materials
9. Week  Elastic properties of wood material and factors affecting it
10. Week  Elastic properties of wood material and factors affecting it
11. Week  Pressure resistance parallel and perpendicular to the fibers
12. Week  Bending resistance, shock (dynamic bending) resistance
13. Week  Bending resistance, shock (dynamic bending) resistance
14. Week  Torsion (torsion) resistance, shear resistance, Wear resistance, hardness.
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
10
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
14
1
14
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
1
1
1
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
1
1
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
1
1
 Other (should be emphasized)
1
1
1
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
46
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
1.84
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1For wood products and furniture industry professional knowledge, both theoretical and practical idea generation, solving engineering problems, make suggestions and gain knowledge and skills in the areas of application.X
2Complex design and engineering problems to identify, projects, reading ability to reflect production; select and apply appropriate analysis methods for this purpose and gain the skills.X
3Product life cycle of the product in line, system or process, depending on the nature of the design, economics, environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health, safety, social, cultural and political approaches and design; Earn up to date for this purpose is the ability to apply design methods.X
4Engineering applications, techniques and tools that are needed to develop, select, acquire knowledge and skills to use.X
5Computer-aided design and manufacturing skills to use technology effectively to win.X
6Disciplinary and interdisciplinary, individual and gain the skills to work takımsal.X
7Turkish and English verbal and written communication skills to win.X
8Aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-renewal ability to win.X
9Gain awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.X
10Design management, risk management and change management practices, such as information about his business wins.X
11Gain knowledge in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation.X
12Gain awareness of legal issues in the field of awareness.X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Mustafa ALTUNOK)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/-altinok)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (altinok@gazi.edu.tr)