Forest Constructions

Course Information
TitleΔΑΣΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΕΣ / Forest Constructions
Code306Ε
FacultyAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment
SchoolForestry and Natural Environment
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID420000136
Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600231806
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
  • German (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Forest Road Construction, Building constuction - Edifice and Building Matterials
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will acquire the following knowledge, abilities or skills: 1) Self -selection of building materials and constructions according to the technical work to be structured, 2) Design of forestry works based on intensity and absorbency they will show in the natural environment 3) Environmental design and construction of leisure forests, 4) Design of wooden, or "green" houses, or with a neutral footprint, in forest areas, 5) Preparation of environmental impact studies of forestry works and anthropocentric constructions in nature.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Respect natural environment
  • Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
General principles of forest structures, required design considerations. Concrete as a material, reinforced concrete in practice. Concrete regulations and categories. Framework, concrete applications and test specimens on site for auditing. Load bearing on structural materials in the form of tension, compression, bending, shearing and bucking. Types of loading, dead, variable and live. Structural auditing of beams, columns, slabs, foundations and dimensioning. Structural timber, mechanical strength, thermo-physical characteristics, laminated timber characteristics. Calculations on structural strength of timber members, connections considerations. Types of Wood bridges and classification, Composite materials for constructing bridges. Component works of forest roads such as ditches, culverts, calculation for dimensioning of pipe shape culverts. Retaining and support walls, types and characteristics, structural performance against sliding and overturning, dimensioning. Bridge abutments and dimensioning according to load bearings. Timber bridges in recreational forested areas. Timber roofs for buildings or kiosks, selection of roof type and types of steel connections to timber sections. Forest road opening up works and natural environment. Environmental impacts. Environmental criteria for compatibility of structures with the surrounding environment. Absorption capacity of forests against harmful impacts from road construction. Selection of the optimum road alignment for the environment. Rating the environmental compatibility of roads as a decision making tool for approval of proposed road structures. Basic principles of sustainable bioclimatic design. Pre-fabricated timber lodges of light framework. Passive and active Methods of bioclimatic design of small scale timber buildings based on Greek Construction regulation. Upgrading of Energy performance of timber building taking into account their special characteristics.
Keywords
Forest construction, static control and dimensioning of forest bridges, studies of the environmental impact of the road network and of wooden or structural buildings in nature
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Multimedia
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Lectures and Laboratories in multi-task lecture rooms In case of virtual teaching methods Theory lectures via Zoom meetings Laboratories via Zoom meetings, e-learning platform and laboratory's web page
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures26✓✓
Laboratory Work26✓✓
Reading Assigment10✓✓
Written assigments23
Exams5✓✓
Total90
Student Assessment
Description
The achievement of learning objectives are evaluated on the following basis: 1. Theory lectures and written examination. 2. Exercises laboratories with compulsory presence. The final grade is appointed by the following weighting: 1. Submission of laboratory exercises 20% 2. Submission of Assignment on a specific topic: 20% 2. Written theory examination 60%
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. ΔΑΣΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 7950 Έκδοση: 1/2004 Συγγραφείς: ΔΟΥΚΑΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ-ΚΟΣΜΑΣ ISBN: 960-7425-78-2 Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Σ. Γιαχούδης & ΣIA O.E. 2. Κατασκευές Οπλισμένου Σκυροδέματος Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 9693 Έκδοση: 1η εκδ./2002 Συγγραφείς: Χουλιάρας Ιωάννης Γ. ISBN: 978-960-7530-31-8 Τύπος: Σύγγραμμα Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Α. ΠΑΠΑΣΩΤΗΡΙΟΥ & ΣΙΑ Ι.Κ.Ε.
Additional bibliography for study
Available at the e-learning platform
Last Update
27-06-2022