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        Portuguese Air Force Academy visits LNEC and explores key structural research facilities
        Portuguese Air Force Academy visits LNEC and explores key structural research facilities

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        Portuguese Air Force Academy visits LNEC and explores key structural research facilities

        02 September 2026


        LNEC hosted students from the Portuguese Air Force Academy in a visit that gave them direct insight into some of the Laboratory’s most relevant scientific and technological facilities.


        The visit began at the Structural Behaviour Unit, where the students learned about the testing and assessment of structural systems and elements, including steel. 


        The itinerary then continued to the Wind Tunnel, part of the Structures Aerodynamics Unit, where visitors saw how LNEC studies the impact of wind on reduced-scale models and structural solutions. 


        The visit concluded at the Seismic Platform, in the Structures Seismology and Dynamics Unit, where the students observed how LNEC reproduces earthquake actions to study the behaviour of structures under seismic action.