Peter Niemz – författare

Wood and wood-based materials are taking centre stage in contemporary architecture — from striking multi-storey structures to innovative urban designs. Understanding their properties is essential to avoid costly mistakes and to apply standards such as Eurocode 5 with confidence.This book offers a clear, practical overview of the key physical and mechanical characteristics of major wood species and wood-based products — including moisture behaviour, elasticity, creep, and strength. It also addresses crucial topics such as protection, fire performance, bonding, and non-destructive monitoring of timber structures.Whether you are an architect, civil engineer, or a professional in the wood industry, this is your go-to reference for designing and building with timber. It is equally valuable as an introduction for mechanical engineers, chemists, automation specialists, and vocational students entering the field.

Wood and wood-based materials are taking centre stage in contemporary architecture — from striking multi-storey structures to innovative urban designs. Understanding their properties is essential to avoid costly mistakes and to apply standards such as Eurocode 5 with confidence.This book offers a clear, practical overview of the key physical and mechanical characteristics of major wood species and wood-based products — including moisture behaviour, elasticity, creep, and strength. It also addresses crucial topics such as protection, fire performance, bonding, and non-destructive monitoring of timber structures.Whether you are an architect, civil engineer, or a professional in the wood industry, this is your go-to reference for designing and building with timber. It is equally valuable as an introduction for mechanical engineers, chemists, automation specialists, and vocational students entering the field.

This handbook provides an overview on wood science and technology of unparalleled comprehensiveness and international validity.

The data supplement the knowledge in existing specialist books and compendiums in the field of wood science and wood technology, with a large numberof specific details that are only briefly compiled in specialist articles or specialist books.

Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt in umfassender Weise Technologie, Anwendung und Einflüsse von Bindemitteln bei der Holzwerkstoffherstellung. Besonderer Wert wird auf das Zusammenspiel und die gegenseitigen Beeinflussungen der drei Hauptparameter Holz, Bindemittel und Herstellungsbedingungen gelegt; diese drei Parameter haben entscheidenden Einfluß auf die Qualität der produzierten Holzwerkstoffe. Die Schwerpunkte des Buches sind:- Fragen der Zusammensetzung, Analyse, Eigenschaften und Anwendung der verschiedenen Bindemittel sowie ihres Einflusses auf die Qualität der damit hergestellten Holzwerkstoffe. - Technologische Grundlagen der Holzwerkstoffherstellung. - Grundlagen der Verleimung und der Eigenschaften von Leimfugen. - Technologisch/technische Grundlagen der Holzwerkstoffe. - Prüfung und Eigenschaften von Holzwerkstoffen. Durch zahlreiche Abbildungen und übersichtliche Tabellen wird eine besonders hohe Informationsdichte erzielt.