Abstract: A methodology is proposed to assess the effectiveness of the National Ecological Reserve (REN) law, which aims to protect ecologically valuable and/or vulnerable areas, in the municipalities of Sintra and Cascais, Portugal. ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the development of a hybrid-mixed finite-element formulation for the geometrically exact quasi-static analysis of elastic planar framed structures, modeled using the two-dimensional Reissner beam theory. ...

Abstract: This paper presents the analysis of the anomalies of external door and window frames, based on the inspection of 295 frameworks, in a total of 96 buildings in various locations in Portugal. With these inspections it was ...

Abstract: The topographic and hydrologic parameters involved in the estimation of the debris flow peak discharge in a classical approach are usually assumed to be deterministic. As a result, in such approaches, the only uncertainty ...

Abstract: The topographic and hydrologic parameters involved in the estimation of the debris flow peak discharge in a classical approach are usually assumed to be deterministic. As a result, in such approaches, the only uncertainty ...

Abstract: The cold axisymmetric drawing of metals leads to effective strains that increase from the centerline to the surface of the material cross section. This strain heterogeneity depends on the die ...

Abstract: This work analyzed the technical viability of the use of granite rock fines (GRF) for the manufacture of portland cement. The simultaneous influence of the contents of MgO, SO3, and alkalis (Na2O and K2O) present in the ...