• Performance Characteristics Evaluation of Current and Environmental-based Solutions of Infill Masonry Walls of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - Assessment of Mechanical and Hygrothermal Characteristics 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 2024-12-31)

  The evaluation of the building´s performance, particularly concerning its hygro-thermo-mechanical behavior, entails that external environmental actions should be considered together with the mechanical loads acting in the ...
• Assessing and monitoring with ultrasonic pulse velocity testing the critical effects of hygrothermal actions on the infill masonry walls of the envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structure 

  Miranda Dias, J. (PiscoMed Publishing, 2024-12-16)

  The external envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structures (RCS buildings) is usually subjected to various external environmental actions. Among these external environmental actions, hygrothermal actions are ...
• Circularidade de materiais e energia incorporada - Kristian Augusts gate 13 (Oslo) 

  Couto, P.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Salvado, A. (CERIS. PT, 2024-11-06)

  As consequências visíveis das alterações climáticas exigem mudanças no modo de vida da humanidade, particularmente na forma como são consumidos os recursos naturais. Estudos recentes mostram que desde o aumento da atividade ...
• Construção pré-fabricada em Portugal: Desafios e estratégias para o futuro 

  Falcão Silva, M. J.; Cabaço, A.; Vale e Azevedo, A. (CERIS. PT, 2024-11-06)

  Nas últimas décadas, a utilização da pré-fabricação na indústria da construção, a nível global, tem testemunhado avanços muito significativos. Portugal tem vindo a acompanhar esta tendência global ao longo das últimas ...
• Standardization of technical information on railway projects to obtain performance indicators 

  Salvado, A.; Couto, P.; Fontul, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J. (RAE - Revista de Activos de Engenharia, 2024-02-06)

  During the last decades, there has been a significant evolution of rail transport. The need to standardize technical and economic information is emphasized to guarantee the optimization of construction and operation ...
• The Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) Urban Resilience Enhancement Process: An Outline and Pilot-Case Demonstrator for Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Portuguese Municipalities. 

  Rezvan, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N. (MDPI, 2024-01-11)

  This study introduces the Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) process, a novel approach aimed at enhancing the safety and resilience of urban infrastructures against natural and man-made disasters. The RIACT method stands ...
• Urban Resilience Index for Critical Infrastructure: A Scenario-Based Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction in Road Networks 

  Rezvan, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N. (MDPI, 2024-05-15)

  Floods pose a significant threat to road networks globally, disrupting transportation, isolating communities, and causing economic losses. This study proposes a four-stage methodology (avoidance, endurance, recovery, and ...
• Fichas de rendimento e preços de soluções de reforço estrutural de elementos de betão armado 

  Folgado Santos, C.; Cabaço, A.; Brandão de Vasconcelos, A (Brazilian Journal of Development, 2024-06-12)

  As fichas de rendimento de operações de construção, contendo informação sobre os recursos, os rendimentos e os preços unitários das atividades, assumem um papel importante no planeamento económico da construção. No caso ...
• Evaluation of Energy efficient Refurbishment of Residential Buildings in Southern Europe Based on the Cost-optimal Methodology 

  Brandão de Vasconcelos, A; Santos, A.; Cabaço, A. (IJDR, 2024-06-30)

  In line with the European Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD), this paper aims to calculate the cost-optimal energy performance of a residential building in southern Europe, more precisely in Portugal, taking ...
• Resilience exposure assessment using multi-layer mapping of Portuguese 308 cities and communities 

  Rezvan, S.; Almeida, N.; Falcão Silva, M. J. (WCEAM 2022, 2022)

  Urban resilience research covers multiple fields of study like earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis, amongst other types of disaster risks. Resilience evaluationsystems have been used to aggregate and calibrate multi-dimensional ...
• Multi-disciplinary and dynamic urban resilience assessment through stochastic analysis of a virtual city 

  Rezvan, S.; Almeida, N.; Falcão Silva, M. J. (WCEAM 2022, 2022)

  Natural disasters cause an average of 60,000 deaths per year. There was a total of 416 natural disasters worldwide in 2020. Resilience to disruption and quick recovery of the operational performance of buildings and ...
• Resilience assessment of public treasury elementary school buildings (WCEAM2022) 

  Garcia, J.; Rezvan, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N.; Pinto, C.; Gomes, R.C.; Ferreira, M.A.; Ribeiro, F.; Salvado, A.; Oliveira, C.S. (WCEAM 2022, 2022)

  The resilience of buildings and civil engineering infrastructures has increasingly attracted the attention of different stakeholders, including engineering professionals from different areas, scientists, standardization ...
• Disaster risk mitigation through capital investment in enhanced building resilience (WCEAM2022) 

  Falcão Silva, M. J.; Salvado, A.; Almeida, N. (WCEAM 2022, 2022)

  The recognition of the high costs of the vulnerabilities of cities and communities due to various types of disaster risks have helped build the business case for improving the investments of the quality and resilience of ...
• Impacto da reabilitação na melhoria da resiliência de edifícios escolares públicos 

  Falcão Silva, M. J.; Salvado, A.; Almeida, N. (Ponteditora, 2023-01-07)

  A segurança das pessoas e o elevado valor dos bens construídos e dos seus conteúdos, bem como a sua criticidade na satisfação das necessidades básicas e bem-estar das comunidades, sempre suscitaram preocupações quanto à ...
• Decisões estratégicas no ciclo de vida dos ativos construídos baseadas em informação técnico-funcional e financeira 

  Salvado, A.; Almeida, N.; Vale e Azevedo, A. (Ponteditora, 2023-01-07)

  As funções financeiras e as funções relacionadas com o desempenho técnico e funcional (não financeiras) estão incorporadas nas atividades de gestão do ciclo de vida de qualquer dos ativos construídos. Essas funções fornecem ...
• Ultrasonic pulse velocity testing for monitoring the degradation of infill masonry walls and access their impact on the durability of the envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structure 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS, 2023-09-21)

  Buildings with reinforced concrete structure (RCS buildings), including unreinforced masonry (URM) infill walls, can be negatively affected by anomalies in their envelope, such as cracking and water penetration, which ...
• Damage of infill masonry walls due to vertical loads in buildings with reinforced concrete structure 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS, 2023-04-04)

  Buildings are subjected to deformations of their reinforced concrete structure due to vertical loads that can lead, in certain cases, to the significant cracking of the unreinforced masonry (URM) infill walls, therefore ...
• Mutual Effect Between Moisture Transfer and Mechanical Response in Infill Masonry Walls of Reinforced Concrete Building Envelope 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS, 2023-11-22)

  The external envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structures (RCS buildings) is subjected to environmental actions, particularly related to wind-driven rain (WDR), external humidity variations, and rising dampness, ...
• Ultrasonic pulse velocity testing for monitoring the degradation of infill masonry walls and access their impact on the durability of the envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structure 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS TRANSACTIONS, 2023-09-21)

  Buildings with reinforced concrete structure (RCS buildings), including unreinforced masonry (URM) infill walls, can be negatively affected by anomalies in their envelope, such as cracking and water penetration, which ...
• Damage of Infill Masonry Walls due to Vertical Loads in Buildings with Reinforced Concrete Structure 

  Miranda Dias, J. (WSEAS TRANSACTIONS, 2023-04-04)

  Buildings are subjected to deformations of their reinforced concrete structure due to vertical loads that can lead, in certain cases, to the significant cracking of the unreinforced masonry (URM) infill walls, therefore ...

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