PDH Engineer     PE PDH
PDH Online

Wood - Based Composites and Panel Products

Credit: 3 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $27.00
32 pages

How it Work!

  1. Register first and log into your account. Study and take the quiz for FREE until passed.
  2. After passing the quiz, follow the page, pay for the course and print your certificate.

Course Summary:

Because wood properties vary among species, between trees of the same species, and between pieces from the same tree, solid wood cannot match reconstituted wood in the range of properties that can be controlled in processing. When processing variables are properly selected, the end result can sometimes surpass nature’s best effort. With solid wood, changes in properties are studied at the cellular level. With reconstituted wood materials, changes in properties are studied at the fiber, particle, flake, or veneer level. Combining, reorganizing, or stratifying these elements can change properties of such materials.

Learning Objective:

  • Types of Conventional Composite Materials
  • Adhesive Considerations
  • Additives
  • General Manufacturing Issues
  • Standards for Wood Based Panel
  • Plywood
  • Particle and Fiber Composites
  • Wood & Non-wood Composites

Review the quiz before studying the course.

Course Content

Course Author: US Forest Services

Certificate of completion of the course

This course comes with a multiple-choice quiz. You can view the quiz and take the quiz if you are logged in your account. You can take the quiz for this online PDH course as many times until passed. The passing grade is 70% and above. After you pass the quiz simply follow the page, to pay for the course and print your certificate instantly. A copy of the certificate and receipt for this course will always be in your account.

This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.

Architects

PE Civil Engineers

PE Structural Engineers

CE Contractors

Home and Building Inspectors

Landscape Architects

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