Course information | Forest Science 773 Forest Roads, Timber Harvesting & Logistics

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Assoc. Prof. Bruce Talbot

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Background Information and assessments

Test on Chapters 1, 2, 3 of the prescribed reading and assignments 2, 3, and 4

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Roads Test 1

Roads Test 2

Roads and Transport Test Final (13-15 July)

Timber Harvesting - Final (24-27th November)

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Background

Assignment 1 - The thinking behind forest road networks

Week 2: Road Network Planning - the basics

Assignment 1- Visualizing DTM data

Week 3 Road Network Design and Alignment; April 11th-15th

Assignment 2 - Coarse road alignment

Tutorial - Heart rate analysis in pruning operations

Week 4 Catchment Analysis and Drainage Design; April 19th-23rd

Assignment 3 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning &amp; design

Tutorial 2 - Cost and CO2 balance of mulching

Week 5 Road Construction Principles, April 25th -29th

Assignment 4 - Fine Road Alignment

Tutorial 3 Terrain Accessibility Modelling

Week 6: Road maintenance, May 3rd - 6th

Assignment 6 Road Surfacing - Volumes, Cost and Allocation

Assignment - Steep terrain excursion report

Test 1 Introduction to Forest Operations, Human Factors, Silviculture operations

Week 7: Road Construction and Maintenance Revision, April 26th-30th

Practical 6 - Time and motion studies

Week 8: Recess ; May 3rd - 7th

Machine cost calculations

Test 2 Ground based and cable based harvesting systems + Ergonomics

Week 9: Soil Mechanics; May 10th-14th

Week 10: Soil Mechanics; May 17th-21st

Harvesting planning - Costs delivered to roadside

Written assignment and class presentation on topic of your choice

Week 11: Timber Transport - Road Truck Configurations ; May 24th-28th

Supply Cost Curves

Test 3 - Time and productivity studies, machine and systems costing

Week 12: Timber Transport - Primary and Secondary transport; May 31st - June 4th

Week 13: Minimising Transport Costs; June 7th-11th

Assignment 7: Minimising transport costs

Revision

Final Test Wed 10th November

Presentation (not abstract)

Week 13: ; 19th-23rd October

Environmental Impact and Bioenergy Harvesting

Welcome to Timber Harvesting and Forest Logistics

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Module 1: Introduction to Forest Engineering

MODULE 1- (Self Test) Forest Engineering (FE)

Module 2: Factors Affecting Productivity

Module 2- (Self Test) Factors affecting productivity questions

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Module 3: Terminology

Module 3 - Quiz Terminology

Module 4: Timber Product Specification

Module 4 - Timber Product Specification

Module 5: Equipment Costing

Module 5 - Equipment, plant and vehicle cost calculations

Module 6: Maintenance of Forest Machines & Replacement Strategies

Module 6. Forest machine maintenance and replacement

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MODULE 1- (Self Test) Forest Engineering (FE)

Module 2- (Self Test) Factors effecting productivity questions

Module 3 - ( Self Test ) Terminology

Module 4 - (Self Test ) Timber Product Specification

Module 5 - (Self Test) Equipment, plant and vehicle cost calculations

Assignment 3 - Catchment delineation, drainage planning & design