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.