Timber COPY Flashcards
What is Timber used for?
To Build:
- Doors
- Decorative
- Ceiling and Flooring
- Form Works
- Partition Walls
Advantages of Timber
- Easily Available
- Easy Transportation and Handle
- Sound Absorption
- Decorative Purpose
- Scraps have high value
What is wood
Hard and Fibrous substance which forms a major part of the trunk and branches of a tree
Classifications of Trees
- Endogenous
- Exogenous
Examples of Endogenous Trees
Palm, Bamboo, Cane
What are Endogenous Trees?
Trees that grow endwards
How are Endogenous trees?
Fibrous Mass
What are Exogenous Trees?
Tree that grow outwards
Types of Exogenous Trees
Conifers and Deciduous
Characteristics of Conifers
- Evergreen Trees
- Pointed needle like leaves
- Distinct annual rings
- Straight and soft Fibres
- Light in color
- Resinous
- Light weight
Examples of Conifers
Chir, deodar, fir, kail pine, spruce and larch
Characteristics of Deciduous trees
- Flat and broad leaves.
- Annual rings are indistinct
- Hard wood
- non-resinous
- Dark in colour
- Heavy Weight
Examples of Deciduous Trees
Oak, teak, shishum, poplar, maple, Babul, Sal, and mahogany
Types of wood
- Soft wood
- Hard wood
Soft wood strength
Pull/Stretch : strong
Shear : Weak
Hard wood strength
Pull/Stretch : Strong
Shear : Strong
Source of Soft wood
Conifers
Source of Hard Wood
Deciduous
Annual Rings in Soft and Hard wood
Soft wood: Distinctly Visible
Hard wood: not visible
Medullary Rays and hearthwood in Soft and Hard wood
Soft wood: Cannot be distinguished
Hard wood: Can be distinguished
Conversion difficulty of Soft and Hard wood
Soft wood: Easy
Hard wood: Difficult
Growth of Soft and Hard wood
Soft wood: Faster
Hard wood: Slower
Resinous material in Soft and Hard wood
Soft wood: Exists in pores
Hard wood: Does not exist
Microstructures of Exogenous Trees
Inside to outside:
- Pith / Medulla
- Heartwood
- Sap wood
- Medullary Rings
- Cambium rings
- Bark (inner and outer)
Function of Bark
Protects the wood against mechanical damage