Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaMinistry of Popular Power for Education

Simon Bolivar UniversityEnglish for Architecture and Urban Planning II

January - March 2012

WOOD Professor: Marianela Najul

February 22th of 2012

Members:Ana Peralta

10-11152Andrea Castellanos

10-11043

 

 

Subjects

History

Characteristics of wood

Wood uses

Advantages

Disadvantages

Types of wood

Wood properties

 

 

Do you know in what part of the construction you can’t build with wood?

Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of this particular

material?

you know who were the firsts to usewood material in buildings?

What do you know about wood?

 

 

History

Yuyang towel Gyeongbok palace

 

 

Characteristics of Wood

Moderately strong

Compression Tension

 

 

Solid system

Covering

Skeletal system

Wood Uses

 

 

Advantages

 

 

Disadvantages

 

 

Types of Wood

Soft Hard

Balsa Wood Mahogany wood

 

 

Wood Properties

Physical Mechanical

- Moisture

- Dimensional stability

- Resistance to weathering

- Durability

- Action of other organisms

- Electrical properties

- Thermal properties

- Density

- Elastic properties

- Strength properties

- Anisotropy

 

 

 

 

-Available://http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials.html. Consulted: 18-02-12. - Available://http://www.instructables.com/id/Hard-Wood-or-Soft-Wood%3F. Consulted: 18-02-12. - Available://https://lie.asignaturas.usb.ve/course/view.php?id=93. Consulted: 18-02-12.

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