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Structures Department Structures Department

António Paulo Silveira

António Paulo Silveira
Phone: 218 443 317

Professional Situation

Senior Researcher

Academic and Scientific Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Structural Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1995.
  • "Licenciado” (5-year degree) in Civil Engineering (specialised in structures) Instituto Superior Técnico, 1981.

Functions and Relevant Public Offices

  • Head of Structure Monitoring Unit, 2004-2012.
  • President of the Association of the LNEC Workers, 1999-2003.
  • Senior Researcher at Structure Monitoring Unit of Structures Department, since 1999.
  • Assistant Researcher at Structure Monitoring Unit of Structures Department, from 1995 to 1999.
  • Research Assistant at Structure Monitoring Unit of Structures Department, from 1985 to 1995.
  • Research Fellow at Structure Monitoring Unit of Structures Department, from 1983 to 1985.
  • Junior Research Fellow at Structure Monitoring Unit of Structures Department, from 1980 to 1982.

Areas of Research / Interest

  • Structural Health Monitoring.
  • Data mining.
  • Influence of thermal actions on prestressed concrete bridges.
  • Bridge testing.
  • Bridge inspection and assessment.

Research and Professional Activity

  • Structural health monitoring of ten bridges.
  • Load test of more than 150 bridges.
  • Inspection of 130 road and railway bridges in Portugal, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
  • Structural assessment.
  • Support to the design and construction of transport infrastructures.
  • Elaboration of the National Annex of NP EN 1991-1-5.
  • Member of the Group Auditor of LNEC’s Quality Label, since 1998 to 2005.
  • Scientific expertise of accidents.
  • Participation in 4 bridge inspection courses, performed in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
  • Participation in LNEC’s course to grant access to Senior Technician, as responsible by the disciplines of Strength of Materials and Elasticity, 2004 and 2005.
  • Participation in several research projects.

Scientific Orientation

  • Orientation of 1 PhD student.
  • Orientation of several trainee.
  • Member of the jury of a master thesis

Relevant Publications

Author and co-author of 400 technical and scientific publications, namely, reports (300), articles in national and international magazines (10) or communications presented in national and international scientific meetings (37) and also reports elaborated in the realm of the attribution of LNEC’s Quality Label (50).

Other scientific and technical Activities

  • Member of national and European standardisation technical committees: CEN CT 115, responsible by the elaboration of the National Annex of NP EN 1991-1-5.

Other Information

  • Member specialist in structural engineering of the Portuguese Order of Engineers
  • Member of the Portuguese Association of Experimental Stress Analysis

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