Author: João Correia

CORE Group members João Ramôa Correia, Inês Rosa, Lourenço Almeida Fernandes and João Lazzari attended the 11th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, on 23-26 July. They presented recent works on (i) the European Technical Specification for Composite Structures (CEN/TS 19101: 2022), (ii) the fire behaviour of GFRP-RC structures, (iii) the fracture and web-crippling behaviour of pultruded GFRP profiles, and (iv) the geometrical imperfections and mechanical behaviour of pultruded GFRP stub columns. Inês Rosa and Lourenço Almeida Fernandes were shortlisted for the IIFC Best PhD Thesis Award. The CICE is the official conference of the International Institute for FRP in Construction. Presentations of CORE Group members at CICE: Inês Rosa (left) and João Lazzari (right)

On July 19, CORE Group member André Castelo defended his thesis with the title “Durability of all‐composite civil engineering structures in service conditions. Development of an inspection and diagnosis system”. The thesis was unanimously approved “With Distinction" by a jury composed of Prof. Eduardo Júlio (IST-UL), Prof. José Dinis Silvestre (IST-UL), Prof. José Manuel Sena Cruz (Universisty of Minho), Dr. Maria Paula Rodrigues (LNEC) and Prof. João Ramôa Correia (IST-UL).Supervised by Prof. João Ramôa Correia (CORE Group), Dr. Susana Cabral Fonseca (LNEC) and Prof. Jorge de Brito (IST-UL), André carried out a comprehensive study on the durability of all-composite structures. In the first part of the thesis, he developed an inspection, diagnosis, and rehabilitation system for composite structures. In the second part, André performed an experimental study to evaluate the…

On June 28, Dr. Andrejs Krauklis (Latvia University) gave a Pizza seminar at Técnico with the title “Modelling Toolbox for Predicting Long-Term Performance of FRPs under Environmental Aging Conditions”. Dr. Krauklis presented his very interesting research activities about the durability of FRP composites, including various scales of analysis, focusing both on the constituents and the fibre-matrix interface. Seminar at Técnico by Dr. Andrejs Krauklis (28/6/2023)