Research
Today and hereafter…
As I came from civil/structural engineering, my scientific production and my background are pervaded by numerical analysis and applied math/physics. Nevertheless, my main field is modeling and simulation. Today I’m moving towards Innovation, Machine Learning (ML), Data-Driven Modelling (DDM), Data/Decision Science (DS).
Hence, my main research subjects today are:
- Modeling and Simulation of Systems
- Machine Learning + Data-Driven Modelling
- (Generalized/Extended) Finite Element Methodologies
- Innovation
My official and historical info
According to the Lattes Board of Research Groups in Brazil (Diretório Lattes dos Grupos de Pesquisa no Brasil, in Portuguese), I have been enrolled with the following research:
Research fields
- Numerical Analysis
- Software Engineering
- Concrete Structures
- Structural Mechanics
- Solid Mechanics (Elasticity and Plasticity)
Research lines
- Nonlinear Analysis
- Computational Mechanics of Concrete
- Concrete Structures Analysis
- Fracture and Damage
- (Generalized/Extended) Finite Element Methods
Official Research groups
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais) – BR:
- Simulação Numérica e Computacional na Mecânica dos Sólidos e das Estruturas (Numerical and Computational Simulation in Solid and Structural Mechanics)
- Estruturas de Concreto Armado e Protendido (Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures)
Lab/Software Projects
- INSANE (Interactive Structural Analysis Environment) lab (…check out this crew!)
Snippets
Here I show quite basic extracts of my research. Find more info in my publications if you’d like.
- Mesoestructure modelling
Emulation of particulate material morphology and stress analysis by (G/X)FEM.
- Material nonlinear analysis
Use of elastic-degrading constitutive models (based on continuum damage mechanics) and GFEM to model quasi-brittle material behavior
- Predictive modelling
Applying neural nets and linear models to predict elastic properties of concrete.
