Fernando M. F. Simões

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

Academic Degrees
    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
    Articular cartilage with intra- and extrafibrilar waters - Mass transfer and generalized diffusion
    B. Loret and F. M. F. Simões
    European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 26, 759-788, 2007.
    Articular cartilage with intra- and extrafibrilar waters. Simulations of mechanical and chemical loadings by the finite element method
    F. Loix, F. M. F. Simões and B. Loret
    Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 197, 4840-4857, 2008.
    Effects of pH on transport properties of articular cartilages
    B. Loret and F. M. F. Simões
    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 9, 45-63, 2010.
    Effects of the pH on the mechanical behavior of articular cartilage and corneal stroma
    B. Loret and F. M. F. Simões
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 47, 2201-2214, 2010.
    Elastic-growing tissues: a growth rate law that satisfies the dissipation inequality
    B. Loret and F. M. F. Simões
    Mechanics of Materials, 42, 782-796, 2010.

    List of publications



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Last update 16/02/2005