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A Cal no Espaço Ibérico: Um Futuro com História
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Year: 2016
Number Pages:
484p.
Author(s): Veiga, M. R.; Menezes, M.; Santos Silva, A.; Lopes dos Santos, A. R.; Santos, D.
: A Cal no Espaço Ibérico: Um Futuro com História. Livro de Atas da V FICAL - Jornadas do Fórum Ibérico da Cal
Editor: LNEC
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Computational modeling of masonry structures using the discrete element method
Masonry is a combination of units such as stones, bricks or blocks usually laid in a cementitious or lime mortar. It is probably the oldest material used in construction and has proven to be both simple to build and durable. Over the years, existing masonry constructions have inevitably suffered damage with time. Earthquakes, soil settlements, material degradation and lack of maintenance are the main reasons for that. Careful and periodic assessment of such structures is necessary in order to evaluate their structural capacity and safety levels. However, performing the structural analysis of masonry construction is not an easy task. A review is presented of the main models based on the discrete element method and the available related numerical techniques that have been proposed for the analysis of masonry. The essential assumptions adopted by these models and numerical implementation issues are discussed. Differences between available models are illustrated by applications to various masonry problems including static and dynamic analysis of masonry arch bridges, walls, vaults, domes and ancient colonnades. This book is composed of 17 chapters authored/co-authored by 25 outstanding researchers from 11 countries (Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran,Italy, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, UK, USA), which were reviewed by 60 referees.
Year: 2016
Number Pages:
505p.
Author(s): Sarhosis, V.; Bagi, K.; Lemos, J. V.; Milani, G.
Editor: IGI Global
Keywords: Elementos discretos; Modelação numérica; Alvenaria
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Historical earthquake-resistant timber framing in the mediterranean area
This book presents a selection of the best papers from the HEaRT 2015 conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, which provided a valuable forum for engineers and architects, researchers and educators to exchange views and findings concerning the technological history, construction features and seismic behavior of historical timber-framed walls in the Mediterranean countries. The topics covered are wide ranging and include historical aspects and examples of the use of timber-framed construction systems in response to earthquakes, such as the gaiola system in Portugal and the Bourbon system in southern Italy; interpretation of the response of timber-framed walls to seismic actions based on calculations and experimental tests; assessment of the effectiveness of repair and strengthening techniques, e.g., using aramid fiber wires or sheets; and modelling analyses. In addition, on the basis of case studies, a methodology is presented that is applicable to diagnosis, strengthening and improvement of seismic performance and is compatible with modern theoretical principles and conservation criteria. It is hoped that, by contributing to the knowledge of this construction technique, the book will help to promote conservation of this important component of Europes architectural heritage.
Year: 2016
Number Pages:
468p.
Author(s): Cruz, H.; Saporiti Machado, J.; Campos Costa, A.; Candeias, P.; Catarino, J. M.
Editor: Springer
Volume:
Vol. 1.
Keywords: Heart 2015 Conference; Historic Masonry; Performance-based Assessment; Structural Health Monitoring; Timber-Framed Construction Systems; Seismic-Resistant Timber Frames; Historical Constructive Analysis; Historical Timber-Framed Walls
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Livro de Resumos - Congresso Ibero-Americano "Património, suas matérias e imatérias
Publicação que regista os resumos expandidos realizados no âmbito do Congresso Ibero-americano "Património, suas matérias e imatérias", realizado nos dias 2-3 de novembro de 2016 no LNEC, contendo ainda em CDrom, os artigos completos.
Year: 2016
Number Pages:
366p.
Author(s): Menezes, M.; Delgado Rodrigues, J.; Costa, D.
Editor: LNEC
Keywords: Valor; Património imaterial; Património material; Reabilitação; Conservação do património; Participação social; Desenvolvimento sociocultural; Património cultural; Congresso Internacional
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Projeto, construÆo e observaÆo de pequenas barragens de aterro
Como bem sabido, a realizaÆo de barragens, a par dos reconhecidos benef¡cios de v riaordem resultantes da sua exploraÆo, pode envolver danos potenciais para as populaäes ebens materiais e ambientais na sua vizinhana, pelo que se torna indispens vel assegurarum controlo da segurana dessas obras. Esses danos estÆo sobretudo associados aos efeitosda onda de cheia gerada pela rotura da estrutura. A que h que adicionar naturalmenteos custos associados
destruiÆo da pr¢pria estrutura.
Year: 2015
Number Pages:
333-366pp.
Author(s): Portugal, J. C.
: Projeto, construÆo e observaÆo de pequenas barragens de aterro
Editor: IST Press
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Transition towards sustainable and liveable urban futures - the strategic research and innovation agenda. JPI Urban Europe
Cities are wonderfully vibrant loci of education, employment and commerce, social encounter and recreation; they are the nerve centres of the modern global economy and as such they continue to attract migrants in search of a better quality of life for themselves and their families. Indeed with the 21st century we have entered the urban age, in which the urban half of the global population is responsible for around 80% of global economic activity. Europe is yet more urbanised (around three quarters) so that our fortune, our position on the global economic stage, is highly concentrated in our urban areas and the technology, commerce and industry and supporting service, retail and leisure sectors accommodated within them. This concentration of economic and social activity is matched by a similar concentration in the metabo¬lism of energy and materials as well as of technology and infrastructure, with consequences for raw materials depletion, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; likewise a concentration in societal challenges. Increased disparity in income and social inequality can adversely affect social capital and cohesion and in the worst of cases lead to exclusion of access to home ownership, education, welfare and healthcare. But this concentration also brings considerable opportunities. By improving the liveability of Europes towns and cities we can improve the live¬ability of its urban majority; whilst improving their attractiveness to visitors and migrants. By reducing the dependency on non-renewable energy and materials of Europes urban areas and increasing the efficiency with which these resources are metabo¬lised, we can achieve our greenhouse gas emission reduction targets whilst demonstrating our solu¬tions, showcasing our technologies, and maintaining our economic competitiveness in a global market. But of course, understanding how to go about this, for the diversity of Europes cities and in their local contexts, requires an ambitious programme of research, technological development and inno¬vation. It was against this backdrop that the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe was initiated in 2011. In parallel with launching two pilot research funding calls the process of developing a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) was initiated, with a view to developing a coherent programme of research through to 2020 to: Enhance capacities and knowledge on transition towards more sustainable, resilient and liveable urban developments. Reduce the fragmentation in funding, research and urban development; to build critical mass to realise urban transitions. Increase the profile of European urban science, technological development and inno¬vation and foster exploitation of European technological, social and economic models and solutions on the global stage. In preparing the SRIA, the following have been reviewed and deliberated upon: results from dedicated stakeholder focus groups; reports relating to the urban research priorities of national research councils (the Dutch NWO, French ANR, German BMBF, Slovenian ARRS, Swedish Vinnova, UK ESRC
) and the EC-funded projects Social Polis, Urban-Nexus and SEiSMiC; responses from national research councils on the Scientific Advisory Boards (SAB) Urban Megatrends report. From these deliberations and continuing from the conclusions of the Urban Megatrends report, it is evident that: There is a common desire to support cities in improving their attractiveness and liveability whilst improving their economic competi¬tiveness as well as their resilience to major disruptions (whether sudden or progressive). Building upon our technological advance¬ments and scientific expertise, the potential of these solutions in the urban context needs to be tested and demonstrated, demands and opportunities for future technological solutions and social innovation have to be identified, and the economic benefit of these achievements has to be exploited. There is a dearth of research relating to the rigorous definition, measurement and model¬ling of complex and interwoven factors influencing urban sustainability in the nexus of technological, economic, social, and environmental issues. Several research programmes have tackled aspects of this research challenge, but none have done so in an integrated and comprehensive way. Urban technologies and infrastructures are often perceived as a problem, rather than a solution to urban needs. Without the capacity to make our European technological prowess a part of the solution, urban infrastructures will fall short of contributing to the resource efficiency, sustainability and liveability of cities. Without the ability to define, measure and model, it is not possible to define ambitious yet realisable context-specific targets for the improvement of cities sustainability and liveability, nor to identify the most promising transition strategies for their achievement. In addition to these general sustainable urban transition challenges, Europes cities also face some specific but closely related challenges in terms of their social, economic and environmental functioning. They are: Highly differentiated in terms of the composition of their economies and of the benefits they enjoy from their local and regional agglomerations. Some are growing, stable or re-growing whilst others are declining; enhanced or exacerbated by in- and out-migration; experiencing varying degrees of social inclusion, capital and cohesion. Facing varying degrees of austerity measures, leading to a declining welfare state and increasing calls on society to fill the void through voluntary efforts. The role of social entrepreneurship, local economy and shared economy is under debate, with frameworks needed to tap the full potential of these opportunities, as well as social innovation. Subject to change due to social, economic and environmental pressures, with a corre¬sponding need to be more resilient and adap¬tive to these internal and external influences. Varied in terms of the accessibility they afford to their citizens to amenities and the connectivity of these amenities; with the less able and less well-off being particularly disadvantaged. Hosts to incredibly creative people who, if suitably empowered, could be a powerfully positive force in creating and implementing innovations to tackle challenges to improve citizens quality of life. Addressing these interrelated urban challenges in earnest requires a joined up approach, in which academic experts from different complementary disciplines work together, in concert with non-academic experts and stakeholders, to tackle them for the first time and/or in more comprehensive and innovative ways than has hitherto been the case. A combination of inter- and transdisciplinary research is called for, addressing the entire research, tech¬nology and innovation lifecycle with the ambition to position our cities as hubs of technological and social leadership and as venues for successful European economy on global markets. Following this principle and to address the above challenges, the SRIA is comprised of two comple¬mentary components: An ambitious longitudinal research programme that is focused on the devel¬opment and application of methodologies supporting the definition and measurement of urban sustainability and the establish¬ment of transition targets and strategies to achieve them. This is chronologically struc¬tured, enabling the methods and outcomes from earlier projects to inform those of later projects. Thematic priorities that are directly relevant to and inform this longitudinal programme, but which are destined to enable research teams to tackle a specific societal urban challenge in detail: Vibrancy in changing economies Welfare and finance Environmental sustainability and resilience Accessibility and connectivity Urban governance and participation Through careful programme management, backed up by investments in shared resources including urban observatories, datasets, models and living labs, this structure will ensure that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; that outcomes from research projects and the methods employed in realising them are mutually informative. This will be complemented by ongoing alignment with national and institutional research programmes, to build European urban research, technology and innovation capacity, and European solutions to address global urban challenges.
Year: 2015
Number Pages:
68p.
Author(s): Robinson, D.; Bylund, J.; Coutard, O.; Finnveden, G; Hooimeijer, P.; Kabisch, S.; Matos, R. S.; Noll, M.; Ponds, R.; Pronello, C.; Riegler, J.
Editor: JPI Urban Europe
Keywords: Cidades; Futuro
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Água, ecossistemas aquáticos e actividade humana.
O objetivo global do projeto PROWATERMAN foi, nas áreas selecionadas do sul de Portugal (Alentejo Litoral e Algarve), analisar e compreender as dimensões ambientais, socioeconómicas e institucionais da sustentabilidade da água, para garantir a qualidade desse recurso e aumentar a eficiência e equidade no seu uso através de uma abordagem integrada da gestão dos recursos hídricos. Assim, neste projeto foram identificadas estratégias locais inovadoras para a gestão sustentável da água e formular um conjunto de orientações de boas práticas para a conservação da qualidade e quantidade da água. Isto foi feito através de uma abordagem integrada do contexto socioeconómico e ecológico-ambiental da gestão dos recursos hídricos. O projeto contribuiu para a análise das complexas interações dos sistemas sociais ecológicos que sustentaram a identificação participativa de estratégias de gestão sustentável da água no sul de Portugal. A utilização sustentável dos recursos naturais não significa desenvolvimento sustentável, mas um passo para realizá-lo. Apoia-se no conceito de sustentabilidade ambiental. Portanto, estratégias locais de desenvolvimento devem lidar com a manutenção do equilíbrio das entradas e saídas de recursos finitos, com a preservação dos processos dos ecossistemas responsáveis pela substituição desses recursos e, por isso, com estratégias de gestão sustentável da água. Os estudos de invertebrados, em especial, das relações de macro-invertebrados, estrutura da comunidade e variáveis ambientais têm-se mostrado muito úteis como ferramenta de monitorização e de avaliação da qualidade dos ambientes aquáticos. Este projeto reforçou a importância desta análise, utilizando macroinvertebrados e outros bioindicadores (perifíton, zooplâncton, crustáceos e anfíbios), enquanto contributo correto para avaliação da qualidade das águas superficiais. A análise da vulnerabilidade de águas subterrâneas à exploração excessiva e à poluição é fundamental em qualquer estratégia sustentável de gestão dos recursos hídricos. De facto, as águas subterrâneas podem funcionar como uma reserva estratégica para as necessidades domésticas e de irrigação. Identificaram-se e analisaram-se portanto os principais fatores que conduzem à sua exploração excessiva e contaminação, e que podem pôr em causa a subsistência das famílias e o funcionamento dos ecossistemas. Além disso, foi investigado o potencial de reutilização de águas residuais enquanto processo de redução da sobre-exploração dos aquíferos locais. A equipa reúne quatro instituições académicas e de investigação e apresenta um elevado grau de complementaridade, tendo já experiência de trabalho conjunto em projetos de investigação anteriores, nacionais e internacionais, que permitiu uma efetiva integração da análise produzida. As instituições envolvidas possuem uma vasta experiência ativa de investigação âmbito da gestão sustentável dos recursos naturais e especificamente nas áreas de Gestão Integrada de Recursos Hídricos. A experiência dos investigadores, fundamental no desenvolvimento do projeto relaciona-se com análise integrada dos recursos naturais, gestão, modelação, simulação e otimização dos recursos hídricos superficiais e subterrâneos, monitorização e avaliação de parâmetros de avaliação de vulnerabilidade das águas subterrâneas à poluição e avaliação da recarga de aquíferos, biomonitorização de ambientes aquáticos de água doce, abordagens participativas aos processos de decisão e governança dos recursos.
Year: 2013
Number Pages:
650.
Author(s): Lobo Ferreira, J. P. C.; Leitão, T. E.; Oliveira, M. M.; Terceiro, A.; Oliveira, L. G. S.; Novo, M. E.; Martins, T.; Henriques, M. J. A.; Mota, R.; Lourenço, N.; Machado , C.; Pires, A. R.; Monteiro,
: Projeto FCT PROWATERMAN
Editor: LNEC
Keywords: atividade humana, Algarve, Alentejo; ecossistemas aquáticos; Gestão de recursos hídricos; Água, qualidade das águas superficiais e subterrâneas, alterações climáticas, medidas mitigadoras
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Contribuição de Manuel Rocha para a mecânica das rochas e as fundações de barragens
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Year: 2013
Number Pages:
296pp.
Author(s): Lemos, J. V.; Lamas, L.
Editor: LNEC
Keywords: Investigação científica e técnica; Barragem de betão; Fundação rochosa; Fundação de barragem; Mecânica das rochas; Pt
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Doors design for people with mobility impairments and service dogs
A door can be an obstacle when it does not meet the needs of its users. The purpose of the work was to determine the dimensional and functional requirements of the use of internal doors in public buildings by people with mobility impairments and with service dogs. This paper addresses three subjects: (i) human and canine functioning, (ii) accessibility standards, and (iii) comparison between personal and envi-ronmental components. As a result proposals for the improvement of the Portuguese accessibility standard are presented.
Year: 2013
Number Pages:
21-25 p..
Author(s): Carvalho, C.; Magalhães, A. B.; Branco Pedro, J.
Editor: Taylor & Francis Group
Keywords: Service dogs; People with mobility impairments; Doors; Accessibility
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Estruturas subterrâneas - Túneis, cavernas, poços
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Year: 2013
Number Pages:
160pp.
Author(s): Rocha, M.
Editor: LNEC
Keywords: Estrutura subterrânea
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