Optimum Design and Manufacture of Wood Products

This monograph presents state-of-the-art knowledge in wood manufacturing design with a special focus on the elaboration of functional relationships. The authors transfer and apply the method of functional relationships to challenges in wood manufacturing, and the book contains many worked examples which help the reader to better understand the presented method. The topical spectrum includes machining processes, energy consumption, surface quality, hardness and durability properties as well as aesthetical properties. The target audience primarily comprises research experts and practitioners in wood manufacturing, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students alike.

Provides numerous worked examples Contains an appendix with color pictures of ornamental properties of timber materials Written by experts in the field

Klappentext
This book is the first attempt to summarize the existing scientific methods and to present new developments and results in this field. First of all, a large array of functional relationships was elaborated and described in details in a voluminous chapter. Beside the strict mathematical optimization methods, an engineering approach is outlined and demonstrated in many worked examples. The essence of this approach is a recognition that, in many practical cases, the optimum is uniquely determined by a particular constraint.
The scientific methods of engineering design of wood products are discussed, compared and illustrated with numerical examples. Special attention is paid to the joint elements and, for their easy optimum selection, new similarity equations are developed and illustrated by practical examples.
In the last chapter, the general principles of optimum manufacture, interactions among product structure, degree of automationand optimized production technology are discussed. The main woodworking operations are also described and reference is given for optimum selection of their operational parameters.
In the Appendix, over 50 colour pictures demonstrate the unique ornamental properties of various timber materials.

Inhalt
Overview of Problems.- Functional Relationships.- Principle of Optimization.- Design Principles.- Furniture Production Processes, Theory to Practice.