Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Andrea Brito
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Assistant Researcher
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil Engineering, IST, 2015
MSc in geotechnical engineering, IST, 2006
Graduate (5-year University Degree) in Civil Engineering, IST, 2001
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Since 2020: Assistant researcher at LNEC/DG/NGOH
2016-2019: Pos-Doctoral grant at LNEC/DG/NGOH
2010-2015: Doctoral grant at LNEC/DG/NGOH
2005-2009: Investigation grant at LNEC/DG/NBOA
2001-2005: Civil engineer at consulting company (COBA)
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Geotechnics
Embankment dams
Support structures
Embankments
Geomaterials
Dam safety
Risk assessment
Laboratory testing
Numerical modelling
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Research within the scope of civil engineering in the field of soil mechanics, in particular regarding the behaviour of geomaterials.
Numerical modelling of the behaviour of geomaterials in dams, embankments, support structures and foundations, including the application and development of constitutive models.
Physical modelling of the behaviour of geomaterials, in particular soil-rockfill mixtures.
SCIENTIFIC OREINTATION
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Thesis
BRITO, A. (2006). Compactação de Aterros de Barragens. Novas Metodologias de Controlo. Instituto Superior Técnico. Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
BRITO, A. (2015). Use of Soil-Rockfill Mixtures in Embankment Dams. Instituto Superior Técnico. Universidade de Lisboa.
Journal Papers:
BRITO, Andrea (2006). Compactação de aterros de barragens. Novas metodologias de controlo. Tese de mestrado. Instituto Superior Técnico. Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Fevereiro de 2006.
CALDEIRA, Laura; BRITO, Andrea (2007). Controlo da Compactação de Misturas de Solo-Enrocamento da Barragem de Odelouca Através de Ensaios de Vibração. Revista Luso-Brasileira de Geotecnia Nº109, Março de 2007.
Brito, Andrea; Caldeira, Laura e Maranha, João (2011a). Applicability of Hilf`s Method to Compaction Control of Soil-Rock Mixtures. Dam Engineering, Vol XXI, Issue 4. April 2011.
CALDEIRA, Laura; BRITO, Andrea (2014). The Use of Soil–Rock Mixtures in Dam Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, Volume 140, Number 8, pp.04014030-1 to 04014030-11.
BRITO, Andrea (2015a). The Use of Soil–Rockfill Mixtures in Embankment Dams. Tese de Doutoramento. Instituto Superior Técnico. Universidade de Lisboa. Dezembro de 2015.
Brito, Andrea; Maranha, João e Caldeira, Laura (2018a). A Constitutive Model for Soil-Rockfill Mixtures. Computers and Geotechnics, 95 (2018), pp.46-56.
BRITO, Andrea; CALDEIRA, Laura e MARANHA, João (2018b). Hydro-Mechanical Caracterization of Soil-Rockfill Mixtures. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol.30, Issue 7, July 2018, p. 04018123.
Most Relevant Conference Papers:
BRITO, Andrea; CALDEIRA, Laura e MARANHA, João (2011b). Applicability of Hilf`s Method to Compaction Control of Soil-Rock Mixtures. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Dam Engineering. Lisbon, 15-17 February 2011.
BRITO, Andrea; CALDEIRA, Laura e MARANHAa, João (2012a). Caracterização Mecânica e Hidráulica dos Materiais do Aterro da Barragem de Odelouca. Actas do XIII Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia. Lisboa, 17-20 de Abril 2012.
BRITO, Andrea; MARANHA, João e CALDEIRA, Laura (2012b). Modelação Numérica de Ensaios Realizados nos Materiais do Aterro da Barragem de Odelouca. Actas do XIII Congresso Nacional de Geotecnia. Lisboa, 17-20 de Abril 2012.
BRITO, Andrea; MARANHA, João e CALDEIRA, Laura (2012c). Odelouca Dam Construction: Numerical Analysis. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. São Paulo, Brazil, 8-13 July 2012.
BRITO, Andrea; MARANHA, João e CALDEIRA, Laura (2014). Analysis of Odelouca Dam Using a Subloading Surface Soil Model. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Delft, Holanda, de 18-20 de Junho de 2014.
PEREIRA, Carlos, MARANHA, João e BRITO, Andrea (2014). Advanced constitutive model calibration using genetic algorithms: some aspects. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Delft, Holanda, de 18-20 de Junho de 2014.
BRITO, Andrea (2015b). The Use of Soil–Rockfill Mixtures in Embankment Dams. Graphical Poster no evento Young Professionals Workshop realizado durante a Second Internacional Dam World Conference, 21-24 de Abril de 2015.
BRITO, Andrea; CALDEIRA, Laura e MARANHA, João (2017). Mechanical Charaterization of Soil-Rockfill Mixtures. In Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of International Commission on Large Dams. July 3-7, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic. Contribution ID: 368.
OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
OTHER INFORMATION
Professional affiliations and technical commissions:
Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE).
Member of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG.
Member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).