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See:
http://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=mgXXcU0AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/N_Silvestre
http://www.sapub.org/journal/editorialdetails.aspx?JournalID=1108&PersonID=14109
Department of Civil Engineering, IST
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Education:
2005 Ph.D Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
1997 M.Sc Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Research Interests:
Non-Linear Solid Mechanics, Numerical Methods in Structural Engineering, Stability and Dynamics of Structures, Modeling and Analysis of Nano-Structures, Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite FRP Structures, Thin-Walled Structures
Experience:
2005-present Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IST, Technical University of Lisbon
1997-2004 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, IST, Technical University of Lisbon
1995-present Researcher at the Institute of Structural Engineering, Territory and Construction (ICIST)
1993-1997 Junior Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, IST, Technical Univ. of Lisbon
Awards and Honors:
Vinnakota Award 2004-Established by the Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC), this award was granted for the best paper presented in the Annual Stability Conference (Long Beach, Los Angeles), entitled "Towards an Efficient Design Against Distortio….
Ferry Borges Award 2004-Established by the Portuguese Association of Structural Engineering (APEE), this Honorable Mention was granted for the "best paper published in Portuguese"
IJSSD 2007-Award of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics for the best paper published in 2007, entitled "GBT Formulation to Analyze the Buckling Behavior of Thin-Walled Members Subjected to Non-Uniform Bending"
Ferry Borges Award 2008-Established by the Portuguese Association of Structural Engineering (APEE), this Honorable Mention was granted for the "best paper published in Portuguese"
Diploma of Distinction for Scientific Merit and Knowledge 2008-Award given by the Technical University of Lisbon, in recognition for the high quality level of research investigation carried out
Honour Diploma in the context of the National Award for the Best Young Researcher in Applied, and Computational Mechanics 2008, given by the Portuguese Association of Applied, Theoretical and Computational Mechanics (APMTAC)
Honour Diploma in Civil and Mechanical Engineering 2009-Award given by the Technical University of Lisbon/Banco Santander Totta, in recognition for the high scientific productivity carried out
Cesário Verde National Award 1986- Category: Drawing and Painting-Award established by the Portuguese National Library in the context of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Portuguese poet Cesário Verde (1855-1886)
Honour Diploma in Civil and Mechanical Engineering 2010-Award given by the Technical University of Lisbon/Banco Santander Totta, in recognition for the high scientific productivity carried out
National Award for the Best Young Researcher in Applied, and Computational Mechanics 2009, given by the Portuguese Association of Applied, Theoretical and Computational Mechanics (APMTAC)
Selected Publications:
First-order generalised beam theory for arbitrary orthotropic materials, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-Walled Structures 40 (9), 755-789, 2002
Second-order generalised beam theory for arbitrary orthotropic materials, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-Walled Structures 40 (9), 791-820, 2002
Nonlinear generalized beam theory for cold-formed steel members, N Silvestre, D Camotim, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 3 (04), 461-490, 2003
GBT buckling analysis of pultruded FRP lipped channel members, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Computers & Structures 81 (18), 1889-1904, 2003
Distortional buckling formulae for cold-formed steel C and Z-section members: Part I—derivation, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-Walled Structures 42 (11), 1567-1597, 2004
Distortional buckling formulae for cold-formed steel C-and Z-section members: Part II—Validation and application, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-Walled Structures 42 (11), 1599-1629, 2004
Non-linear behaviour and load-carrying capacity of CFRP-strengthened lipped channel steel columns, N Silvestre, B Young, D Camotim, Engineering Structures 30 (10), 2613-2630, 2008
Buckling behaviour of elliptical cylindrical shells and tubes under compression, N Silvestre, International Journal of Solids and Structures 45 (16), 4427-4447, 2008
Generalised beam theory to analyse the buckling behaviour of circular cylindrical shells and tubes, N Silvestre, Thin-Walled Structures 45 (2), 185-198, 2007
Local-plate and distortional postbuckling behavior of cold-formed steel lipped channel columns with intermediate stiffeners, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Journal of structural engineering 132 (4), 529-540, 2006
Direct strength prediction of lipped channel columns experiencing local-plate/distortional interaction, N Silvestre, D Camotim, PB Dinis, Advanced Steel Construction 5 (1), 45-67, 2009
Sanders shell model for buckling of single-walled carbon nanotubes with small aspect ratio, N Silvestre, CM Wang, YY Zhang, Y Xiang, Composite Structures 93 (7), 1683-1691, 2011
Asymptotic-numerical method to analyze the postbuckling behavior, imperfection-sensitivity, and mode interaction in frames, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Journal of engineering mechanics 131 (6), 617-632, 2005
Post-buckling behaviour and direct strength design of lipped channel columns experiencing local/distortional interaction, N Silvestre, D Camotim, PB Dinis, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 73, 12-30, 2012
On the mechanics of distortion in thin-walled open sections, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-walled structures 48 (7), 469-481, 2010
Generalised beam theory: new formulations, numerical implementation and applications, N Silvestre, Ph. D. Thesis in Civil Engineering, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, 2005
Distortional buckling formulae for cold-formed steel rack-section members, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Steel and Composite Structures 4 (1), 49-75, 2004
Elastic local post-buckling of elliptical tubes, N Silvestre, L Gardner, Journal of Constructional Steel Research 67 (3), 281-292, 2011
On the accuracy of shell models for torsional buckling of carbon nanotubes, N Silvestre, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids 32, 103-108, 2012
Influence of shear deformation on the local and global buckling behaviour of composite thin-walled members, N Silvestre, D Camotim, Thin-Walled Structures: Advances in Research, Design and Manufacturing, 2004
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