Fernando M. F. Simões

Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics
Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georecursos, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Phone: + 351 218418409 | Fax: + 351 218497650 | Email: fsimoes@civil.ist.utl.pt
Address: Instituto Superior Técnico, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georecursos, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 LISBOA, PORTUGAL

Academic Degrees
    Habilitation in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2021)
    PhD in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (1997)
    MSc in Structural Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (1991)
    Civil Engineering Degree, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (1987)

Positions
    Assistant Professor, IST (1997)
    Assistant, IST (1991)
    Research Assistant, IST (1987)

Teaching Activities

Research Interests

Projects
Selected Publications
    Dynamics of beams on non-uniform nonlinear foundations subjected to moving loads
    P. Castro Jorge, F.M.F. Simões and A. Pinto da Costa
    Computers & Structures, 148, 26-34, 2015.
    Instabilidade aerodinâmica por flutter em estruturas prismáticas de secção rectangular
    M. Tavares, A. Pinto da Costa and F.M.F. Simões
    Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño in Ingeniería, 31, 27-35, 2015.
    Finite element dynamic analysis of finite beams on a bilinear foundation under a moving load
    P. Castro Jorge, A. Pinto da Costa and F.M.F. Simões
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, 346, 328-344, 2015.
    Finite element analyses of femoroacetabular impingement before and after hip arthroscopy
    J. Lourenço, F.M.F. Simões and P.A. Rego
    Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 26, 193-206, 2015.
    Vibrations of cracked beams: Discrete mass and stiffness models
    A.C.Neves, F.M.F. Simões and A. Pinto da Costa
    Computers & Structures, 168, 68-77, 2016.
    Buckling of unilaterally constrained columns by complementarity eigenvalue analyses
    J.F.A. Sio, A. Pinto da Costa, F.M.F. Simões
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 106-107 46-55, 2017.
    Complementarity eigenvalue problems for nonlinear matrix pencils
    A. Pinto da Costa, Alberto Seeger, F.M.F. Simões
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 312 134-148, 2017.
    Moving loads on beams on Winkler foundations with passive frictional damping devices
    R. Toscano Corrêa, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    Engineering Structures, 152 211-225, 2017.
    Universal analytical solution of the steady-state response of an infinite beam on a Pasternak elastic foundation under moving load
    D. Froio, E. Rizzi, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 132-133, 245-263, 2018.
    Finite element dynamic analysis of beams on nonlinear foundations under a moving oscillator
    C. Rodrigues, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa, D. Froio, E. Rizzi
    European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 68, 9-24, 2018.
    Finite element modelling of a rail resting on a Winkler-Coulomb foundation and subjected to a moving concentrated load
    R. Toscano Corrêa, A. Pinto da Costa, F.M.F. Simões
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 140, 432-445, 2018.
    Dynamics of a beam on a bilinear elastic foundation under harmonic moving load
    D. Froio, E. Rizzi, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    Acta Mechanica, 229, 4141-4165, 2018.
    Physical and geometrical nonlinear dynamic analysis of beams on foundations under moving loads
    R. Sanches, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146 Article 04019114, 2020.
    Finite element steady state solution of a beam on a frictionally damped foundation under a moving load
    F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, 117 aRTICLE 103247, 2019.
    DLSFEM-PML formulation for the steady-state response of a taut string on visco-elastic support under moving load
    D. Froio, E. Rizzi, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    Meccanica, 55 765-790, 2020.
    A true PML approach for steady-state vibration analysis of an elastically supported beam under moving load by a DLSFEM formulation
    D. Froio, E. Rizzi, F.M.F. Simões, A. Pinto da Costa
    Computers & Structures, 239 Article 106295, 2020.
    Modelling rotational friction damping devices using the Non-Smooth Dynamics method
    B. Namorado, A. Pinto da Costa, F.M.F. Simões
    Engineering Structures, 259 Article 114118, 2022.

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Last update 20/03/2018