Filipe Alves Ribeiro

Researcher at the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit (NESDE) of the Structures Department.

• 2017, Ph.D., Civil Engineering - Structures, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• 2011, M.Sc., Structural Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• 2009, Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

• Researcher at NESDE/DE; since 2020.
• Post-Doc Research Fellow at NESDE/DE; from 2019 to 2020.
• Design Engineer at Profico – Projetos, Fiscalização e Consultoria, Lda.; Special Structures Section; from 2016 to 2019.
• Visiting Scholar at the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), University of Nottingham, U.K.; from 2013 to 2014.
• Visiting Scholar at the School of Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, E.U.A.; 2012.
• Ph.D. Candidate at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; from 2012 to 2016.
• Monitor at the Civil Engineering Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; from 2010 to 2011.

• Structural Dynamics
• Seismic vulnerability
• Multi-risk analysis
• Cascading events
• Structural robustness and reliability

Technical consulting services and scientific research in the fields of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, in particular:

• Seismic performance assessment of building structures
• Vulnerability assessment and retrofitting evaluation
• Numerical modeling of structures on the scope of consulting services and research
• Modeling of structures experimentally tested at LNEC and validation of results
• Support to shake table tests and field campaigns
• Preparedness and response to seismic events
• Seismic risk communication

Author and/or co-author of 7 Technical Reports and 15 Scientific Papers.

Thesis

Ribeiro, F. (2017). "Robustness Analysis of Structures in Post-Earthquake Scenarios Considering Multiple Hazards”. Ph,D. Thesis. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisbon, Portugal. January 2017. Faculty Advisors: Prof. Luís C. Neves (FCT-UNL, Portugal); Prof. André R. Barbosa (Oregon State University, E.U.A.).

Ribeiro, F. (2011). "Análise de Robustez de Estruturas Sujeitas a Eventos Sísmicos Consecutivos”. Tese de Mestrado. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal. Dezembro 2011. Orientadores: Prof. Luís C. Neves (FCT-UNL, Portugal); Prof. André R. Barbosa (Oregon State University, E.U.A.).

Recent papers

Ribeiro, F., Barbosa, A., and Neves, L. (2019). ” Fragility Assessment of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frames using Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements and Concentrated Plasticity Fracture Elements.” Computer Modeling in Engineering & Science, 120(3), 657-676, doi:10.32604/cmes.2019.06296.

Barbosa, A., Ribeiro, F., and Neves, L. (2017). "Influence of earthquake ground-motion duration on damage estimation: application to steel moment resisting frames.” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 46: 27–49. doi: 10.1002/eqe.2769.

Ribeiro, F., Neves, L., and Barbosa, A. (2017). ”Implementation and calibration of finite-length plastic hinge elements for use in seismic structural collapse analysis.” Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 21(8), pp. 1197-1219, doi: 10.1080/13632469.2015.1036327.

Ribeiro, F., Rosário, R., Barbosa, A., and Neves, L. (2016). "Sensitivity Analysis of Steel Moment Frames Subjected to Fire Using the OpenSees Framework.” In: 10th National Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Azores, Portugal.

Ribeiro, F., Barbosa, A., and Neves, L. (2016). "Fragility and Loss Assessment of Pre-Northridge Steel Moment Frames Using the OpenSees Framework.” In: 10th National Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Azores, Portugal.

Ribeiro, F., Barbosa, A., Scott, M., and Neves, L. (2015). ”Deterioration Modeling of Steel Moment Resisting Frames Using Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Force-Based Beam-Column Elements.” J. Struct. Eng., 141(2), 04014112.

Ribeiro, F., Barbosa, A., and Neves, L. (2014). ”Application of Reliability-Based Robustness Assessment of Steel Moment Resisting Frame Structures under Post-Mainshock Cascading Events.” J. Struct. Eng. 140, SPECIAL ISSUE: Computational Simulation in Structural Engineering, A4014008.

Barbosa, A., Neves, L., and Ribeiro, F. (2012). "Preliminary Proposal For Performance-Based Structural Engineering For Fire Following Earthquake.” In: First International Conference on Performance-Based and Life-Cycle Structural Engineering. Hong Kong, China.

• Invited Lecturer at Instituto Superior de Engenharia e Ciências (ISEC), Lisboa; since 2020.
• Main advisor of 1 M.Sc. Thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa; 2020/2021.
• Collaboration on the advisoring of 2 M.Sc. Thesis at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; from 2013 to 2015.
• Head of the pedagogical project "DEC@Escolas” (http://sites.fct.unl.pt/dec-escolas), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; from 2014 to 2016.
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Workshop OpenSees Days Portugal (2014); FEUP; July 2014.
• Reviewer of 9 international scientific journals.
• Member of Portuguese Engineering Association and Portuguese Society of Earthquake Engineering.