Wood House Production in Factory

The physical principles of wood construction and building perimeter support structures. The strength and stiffness. Glue laminated timber and cross laminated timber used in wood building constructions. Overview of wood construction types, material types and technical solutions used in wall construction and production technologies.The sound absorption, and energy efficiency principles. Construction of the wooden facades, coatings and durability. Windows, doors and construction elments in wood buildings. Construction elements from wood and standardisation. Wood construction systems and pre-fabrication of wooden elements in factory. Hybrid constructions from wood and concrete. Machine produced and manually produces loghouses. Methods how to achieve the fire safety of woodbuildings. Overview of BIM.

NB! This course will take place in autumn semester 2025/2026 which starts on 1st of September and ends on 25th of January (you can find that information under Start date section). TalTech's timetables for Autumn semester 2025 will be published at the end of June via tunniplaan.taltech.ee. Switch the page to English and use "Search" and "Open detailed search" to find your course. NB! Some courses are taught by several lecturers during the same semester. Make sure that the course name and lecturer/teacher infromation of your course match with the information given in the Course Catalogue.

Student will:

• know main industrial production technologies of wooden houses
• know the principles of design and construction of building perimeter support structures and load bearing structures
• be aware of BIM
• be able to explain the physical principles of building physics (heat, moisture, sound) of building perimeter support structures and influence to the energy efficiency
• know wood construction types and calculation principles of supporting structures
• material types and technical solutions used in wall construction and production technologies
• know the methods how to achieve the fire safety of woodbuildings
• apply theoretical knowledge and analytical skills in solving the practical tasks

Final assessment can consist of one test/assignment or several smaller assignments completed during the whole course. After declaring a course the student can re-sit the exam/assessment once. Assessment can be graded or non-graded. For specific information about the assessment process please get in touch with the contact person of this course. For specific information about grade transfer please contact your home university

Basic knowledge of materials science or engineering disciplines.

• Timber Engineering, Thelandersson, S., Larsen, H.J., John Wiley and Sons, 2003
• Martin P. Ansell, Wood composites; Woodhead Publishing, 2015
• J. C. F. Walker, Primary Wood Processing. Principles and Practice, 2nd Ed., Springer, 2006;

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