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Noemi Leitão

Noemi Leitão
Phone: 218 443 365

Professional Situation

  • Researcher - Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal, 1994-present
  • Lecturer in Structural Analysis - Facultad de Ingeniería, U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina, 1985-1990.
  • Researcher - Facultad de Ingenieria, U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina, 1982-1990.

Academic and Scientific Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Wessex Institute of Technology, Portsmouth University, U.K., 1993.
  • MsC in Structural Analysis - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas e Ingeniería, U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina, 1988.
  • Civil Engineering - Facultad de Ingenieráa, U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina, 1982.

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Numerical modelling of thermal stresses in concrete dams.
  • Thermo-chemo-mechanical analysis of early age concrete.
  • Analysis and interpretation of monitoring results of concrete dams by numerical modelling.

Relevant Publications

Theses
  • Schclar, N.A. (1988) Circular Cylindrical Finite Strip (in Spanish), MsC Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias exactas e Ingeniería, U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina.
  • Schclar, N.A. (1993) Application of the Boundary Element Method to the Structural Analysis of Three Dimensional Anisotropic Material. PhD Thesis, Wessex Institute of Technology, U.K.
Book
  • Schclar, N.A. (1994). Anisotropic Analysis using Boundary Elements, Topics in Engineering, Vol. 20, Computational Mechanics Publications, U.K.
Journal Articles
  • Schclar, N.A. (1990) "Franja Finita de Directriz Cilíndrica Circular”. Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería, Vol. 6, n.º 1, pp 37-51, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Espanha.
  • Schclar, N.A.; Partridge, P.W. (1993) "3D Anisotropic Elasticity with BEM using the Isotropic Fundamental Solution”. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 11, n.º 2, pp 137-144, Reino Unido.
  • Sousa, L.R.; Leitão, N.S.; Monteiro, G. (2000) "Observação do Comportamento das Estruturas de Reforço de Potência do Empreendimento Hidroeléctrico de Miranda”. Geotecnia, n.º 88, pp 47-69, Portugal.
  • Castro, A.T.; Leitão, N.S.; Sousa, L.R.; Desheng, D.; Nguyen-Minh, D. (2002) "The use of inverse methodologies in geotechnical problems”. ISRM News Journal, Vol. 7, nº 2, pp 24-32.
  • Lamas, L.; Leitão, N.S.; Esteves, C.; Plasencia, N (2014) "First infilling of the Venda Nova II unlined high-pressure tunnel: observed behavior and numerical modelling”. J Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 47 (3) pp. 885-904.
  • Mata, J.; Leitão, N.S.; Castro, A.T.; Costa, J.S. (2014) "Construction of decision rules for early detection of a developing concrete arch dam failure scenario. A discriminant approach”. Computers & Structures, 142, pp 45-53.
Papers Presented at Meetings (last three years only)
  • Cunha, J.; Schclar Leitão, N.; Neves, J.; Antunes, N. (2012) "The reshaping during construction of the right abutment foundation of the New Alto Ceira Dam in Portugal”. Dam World Conference. Maceió, Brasil.
  • Espada, M.; Lamas, L.; Leitão, N.S.; Figueiredo, B. (2013) "Global methodology for evaluation of the stress field in a rock mass from in situ tests. Application to the Salamonde II powerhouse cavern”. EUROCK 2013. Wroclaw, Polonia.
  • Leitão, N.S.; Carvalho, E.F. (2014) "Análise e interpretação do comportamento observado da central de Cahora Bassa”. 7º Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia / IV Congresso de Engenharia de Moçambique. Inhambane, Moçambique.
  • Leitão, N.S. ; Castro, A.T, Cunha, J. (2014) "Análise do comportamento estrutural da barragem do Alto Ceira II durante o primeiro enchimento da albufeira”. JPEE, Lisboa, Portugal.

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