FNR 419

FNR 419

Furniture and Cabinet Design and Manufacture (Haviarova)

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Sem. 2., Class 2, lab 3, cr.3.

Instructor: Eva Haviarova,

Assistant Professor

Forest Products Bldg, Room 111A

Course Description:

Qualitative and quantitative principles of furniture construction, performance testing of furniture, computer based applications and solutions. Course features laboratory evaluation of fasteners, furniture joints and furniture.

Justification:

Graduates going into the furniture industry must be thoroughly familiar with the basic structures used in the fabrication of furniture. They must also be well-grounded in the qualitative and quantitative principles of furniture construction. This course provides the background needed for students to undertake industrial technical product design of furniture. It also provides limited background in the use of computer software used in this area.

Objectives: Students will learn to

Identify and specify appropriate furniture constructions.

Determine whether furniture has adequate strength, stiffness, and durability.

Determine whether furniture will meet existing performance standards.

Text: Selections from “Textbook of Product Engineering and Strength Design of Furniture ” by C.A. Eckelman. Unpublished manual used in shortcourses over past several years.

· Chapter I. Introduction to Engineering Design

· Chapter II. Classification and Characteristics of Furniture Construction Systems

· Chapter III. Load Considerations in Furniture Design

· Chapter IV. Simplified Methods of Furniture Analysis

· Chapter V. Design of Furniture Frame Members

· Chapter VI. Design of Furniture Joints