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Proposals for Research Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2006

Civil and Mine Engineering

    Painel de Avaliação de Engenharia Civil e Minas - 2006
  • David Nethercot
  • Caspar Groot
  • Aronne Armanini
  • Michael J. Kavvadas
PTDC/ECM/64167/2006

GeoSIS_Lx - Subsurface three dimensional geological and engineering geological mapping and modelling for urban areas. Lisbon case-study. Isabel Maria Moitinho de Almeida, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/64217/2006

HISTWIN - High Strength Steel Tower for Wind Turbines. LUÍS ALBERTO PROENÇA SIMÕES DA SILVA, Universidade de Coimbra (UC). €145,880.

PTDC/ECM/64373/2006

NEARPORT - Development of a real-time nearshore wave prediction system for the Portuguese ports. Eugen-Victor-Cristian Rusu, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €112,000.

PTDC/ECM/64821/2006

Integrated risk management of public infrastructures: the water supply systems. Maria da Conceição Morais de Oliveira Cunha, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €115,000.

PTDC/ECM/65442/2006

Characterisation of gravel-bed river habitats: hydrodynamics and sediment transport. Rui Miguel Lage Ferreira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €146,000.

PTDC/ECM/65589/2006

MURANO - Saltpans Walls of Aveiro Lagoon. Carlos Coelho, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €90,000.

PTDC/ECM/65696/2006

FIRECOLUMN-Fire Resistance of Steel and Composite Steel and Concrete Columns with Restrained Thermal Elongation. João Paulo Correia Rodrigues, Universidade de Coimbra (UC). €130,000.

PTDC/ECM/65731/2006

Energy and hydraulic efficiency in water supply systems. Helena Margarida RAMOS, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €74,232.

PTDC/ECM/65806/2006

Dynamics and Hydrodynamics of Ships in Approaching Fairways. Sergey Sutulo, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €150,000.

PTDC/ECM/66484/2006

MADyCOS - Multidisciplinary integrated analysis of the sediment dynamics and fecal contamination in intermittent coastal systems. Anabela Oliveira, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €164,000.

PTDC/ECM/66516/2006

New protection concepts for the Portuguese coast. Jose Simao Antunes do Carmo, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €94,000.

PTDC/ECM/66527/2006

Safety evaluation of timber structures through non-destructive methods and stochastic analysis. José Maria Santos Rodrigues Saporiti Machado, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €143,000.

PTDC/ECM/67373/2006

Low Energy/High Comfort Building Renewal. Manuela Almeida, Universidade do Minho (UM). €135,000.

PTDC/ECM/67411/2006

BRISA: BReaking waves Interaction with SAnd transport. Conceição Juana Fortes, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €155,000.

PTDC/ECM/67547/2006

Durability of geosynthetics exposed to physical and chemical agents (GeoChem). MARIA DE LURDES DA COSTA LOPES, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €68,000.

PTDC/ECM/67748/2006

Virtual Reality Technology applied as a support tool to the planning of construction maintenance. Alcinia Sampaio, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €63,750.

PTDC/ECM/68056/2006

Remediation of contaminated soils combining vapour extraction and biological processes: time and efficiency forecasting. Cristina Maria Fernandes Delerue Alvim de Matos, Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares - Porto (ICETA-Porto/ICETA). €52,555.

PTDC/ECM/68064/2006

Impulse ventilation in underground car parking. João Carlos Godinho Viegas, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €153,000.

PTDC/ECM/68188/2006

Innovative solutions for non-load bearing masonry infills. Paulo José Brandão Barbosa Lourenço, Universidade do Minho (UM). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/68323/2006

Pilot-scale nanofiltration performance and economic viability for cianotoxins removal in natural waters. Maria Margarida da Cruz Godinho Ribau Teixeira, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg). €98,242.

PTDC/ECM/68430/2006

Continuous precast bridge decks for railway bridges: numerical and experimental assessment. Afonso Antonio de Serra Neves, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €90,000.

PTDC/ECM/68694/2006

Pipelines Systems Behaviour and Vulnerability in Filling and Pressurizing Operations - Risk Mitigation Methodologies. Helena Margarida RAMOS, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/69132/2006

Assessment of the corrosion behaviour of stainless steel rebars for application in concrete construction. MARIA DE FÁTIMA GRILO DA COSTA MONTEMOR, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €160,000.

PTDC/ECM/69565/2006

SELICON - SErvice LIfe Design - Modelling the durability performance of COncrete. Rui Miguel de Jesus Rodrigues Ferreira, Universidade do Minho (UM). €160,000.

PTDC/ECM/69610/2006

Removal of cyanotoxins from drinking water by biological activated carbon filters. José António Gomes Ferreira Menaia, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €53,700.

PTDC/ECM/69697/2006

Advanced methodologies for the assessment of the dynamic behaviour of high speed railway bridges. Rui Calçada, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €125,000.

PTDC/ECM/70216/2006

Low Cost In-Situ Arsenic Mitigation Tecnologies using IBS. António Manuel Antunes Fiúza, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €80,000.

PTDC/ECM/70368/2006

Parallelization of a threedimensional numerical implementation of Kinematic Theorem of Limit Analysis. Application to the determination of earth pressures and to shallow foundations bearing capacity. Armando Manuel Sequeira Nunes Antão, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €40,289.

PTDC/ECM/70428/2006

Sand extraction in the portuguese continental shelf: impacts and morphodynamic evolution -SANDEX. Paulo Manuel Cruz Alves da Silva, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €95,000.

PTDC/ECM/70456/2006

Groundwater Protection Zones in Fractured Formations. Nelson Edgar Viegas Rodrigues, Universidade de Coimbra (UC). €100,000.

PTDC/ECM/70505/2006

Large Diameter Piles Under Axial Loading. Jaime Alberto dos Santos, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €120,000.

PTDC/ECM/70571/2006

Optimization of high-speed railway track using bituminous sub-ballast. Paulo Teixeira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €120,000.

PTDC/ECM/70652/2006

Turbulence Measuring and Modelling in Compound Channel Flows. Joao Leal, Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI). €100,000.

PTDC/ECM/70693/2006

Design-based concrete to enhance early age performance and durability. From nano to macro characterization. Joaquim Azevedo Figueiras, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €150,000.

PTDC/ECM/70744/2006

SHEDMIX - Experiments on vortex shedding control for enhancement of mixing in ultraviolet treatment tanks. Fernando Manuel Coutinho Tavares de Pinho, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €119,000.

PTDC/ECM/70781/2006

Development of Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Applications. João António Teixeira de Freitas, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €165,000.

PTDC/ECM/70810/2006

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS TO EVALUATE DE SEISMIC SAFETY OF CONCRETE ARCH DAMS. Jorge Manuel Neto Pereira Gomes, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/71519/2006

Damage and Fracture Models for Concrete Structures Analysis. Luís Manuel Soares dos Santos Castro, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €136,000.

PTDC/ECM/71914/2006

Development of sustainable thermal and visual confort models. Carlos Alberto Pina Santos, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €90,000.

PTDC/ECM/72104/2006

Study of functional mortars for a sustainable construction. VICTOR MIGUEL CARNEIRO DE SOUSA FERREIRA, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €125,000.

PTDC/ECM/72596/2006

Seismic Safety Assessment and Retrofitting of Bridges. Raimundo Moreno Delgado, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/72705/2006

MASONGROUT - Grouts in the consolidation of old masonries. Fernando Henriques, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/72835/2006

DOLPHIN - Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Behaviour of Berthing and Mooring Structures. The Leixões Harbour Oil Terminal Case Study. Francisco de Almeida Taveira Pinto, Instituto de Hidráulica e Recursos Hídricos (IHRH/FE/UP). €129,700.

PTDC/ECM/73069/2006

ASSESSING URBAN AND UTILITIES SYSTEMS TOWARDS INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN MULTI-AGENT MODELLING. Julia Maria Brandão Barbosa Lourenço, Universidade do Minho (UM). €160,000.

PTDC/ECM/73099/2006

CUTINEMO - Carbon fiber laminates applied according to the near surface mounted technique to increase the flexural resistance to negative moments of continuous reinforced concrete structures. Joaquim António Oliveira de Barros, Universidade do Minho (UM). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/73145/2006

MOIA - Operational model for harbour management. João Alfredo Ferreira dos Santos, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €110,000.

PTDC/ECM/73867/2006

Measurements of air concentration and velocity in Complex Air-Water Flows using a Combined Probe. João Eduardo de Barros Teixeira Borges, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €89,000.

PTDC/ECM/74033/2006

The Effect of Traffic Overloads on the Road Pavements Performance and Life Cycle Costs. JORGE CARVALHO PAIS, Universidade do Minho (UM). €180,000.

PTDC/ECM/74337/2006

Seismic repair and strengthening reinforced concrete beam-column joints with multidirectional CFRP laminates. José Sena-Cruz, Universidade do Minho (UM). €129,500.

PTDC/ECM/77372/2006

Dynamic soil behaviour. Soil-structure interaction. Application to anchored flexible earth retaining structures. Carlos Dos Santos Pereira, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €170,000.

PTDC/ECM/77630/2006

Endurance - Long-Term Reliability of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Engineering. Francisco Manuel Moita Araujo, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP). €95,000.

PTDC/ECM/81123/2006

MOPUS - MObility Patterns and Urban Structures. Paulo Pinho, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €97,920.