General Info
Institution:Instituto Superior Técnico
Department:
DECivil
Research Group:
Studies on Construction
Researcher ID:
https://www.researcherid.com/rid/FZY-7247-2022 Ciência ID:
4213-BF7D-08E7 ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-5604 Publons:
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/29017641 SCOPUS:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56233925200 Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=AdpyhnEAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernando-Branco ORCID:
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-5604
COREGROUP:
http://coregroup.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/
Contact Info
Email:fernando.branco@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Fernando António Baptista Branco
Full Professor
Fernando A. Branco is full professor of Civil Engineering at IST and Head of the Construction Section. He is President of Portuguese Association of Structural Engineers (APEE), Past-President of the European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) and President elect of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). He has co-authored 14 books, 8 patents and over 300 scientific papers and 800 technical reports. He has been consultant for major Public Works in Portugal like the S. João Bridge (world longest railway span in cantilever construction), Macau-Taipa Bridge (in China) and Vasco da Gama Bridge (the longest in Europa).
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-5604
| Title | Authors | Year | Volume | DOI | Journal | Impact factor Clar.Analytics | CERIS Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal of Standard Wildfire Curves for the Design Protection of Dwellings against Wildland Fire | Cantor, P.; Arruda, M.R.T.; Firmo, J.; Branco, F. | 2022 | V. 26, n.º 3 (art. 4022021) | 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000706 | Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo | |
| GFRP Composite Culverts for Hydraulic and Agricultural Underpasses: Structural Behavior, Design, and Application | Gonilha, J.A.; Correia, J.R.; Santos, M.S.; Ferreira, J.G.; Branco, F.A.; Gomes, R.C. | 2022 | V. 26, n.º 3 (art. 4022026) | 10.1061/(ASCE)CC.1943-5614.0001206 | Journal of Composites for Construction | 4.210 | José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira, Rui Pedro Carrilho Gomes |
| Rethinking How to Protect Dwellings against Wildfires | Arruda, M.R.T.; Tenreiro, T.; Branco, F. | 2021 | V. 35, n.º 6 (art. 6021004) | 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001643 | Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities | 2.372 | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Fernando António Baptista Branco |
| Reconstruction cost model for housing insurance | Cruz, C.O.; Branco, F. | 2020 | V. 12, n.º 3 | 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000408 | Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction | Carlos Paulo Novais Oliveira da Silva Cruz, Fernando António Baptista Branco | |
| Analytical hybrid effect prediction and evolution of the tensile response of unidirectional hybrid fibre-reinforced polymers composites for civil engineering applications | Ribeiro, F.; Sena-Cruz, J.; Branco, F.G.; Júlio, E.; Castro, F. | 2020 | V. 54, n.º 2 (3205-3228) | 10.1177/0021998320911956 | Journal of Composite Materials | 1,972 | Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio, Fernando António Baptista Branco |
| As habitações e os fogos florestais | Tenreiro,T.; Branco, F.; Arruda, M.R.T. | 2019 | Ano XV Número 388 | Revista Construir | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Fernando António Baptista Branco | ||
| Durability of GFRP-concrete adhesively bonded connections: Experimental and numerical studies | Gonilha, J.; Correia, J.R.; Branco, F.A.; Sena-Cruz, J. | 2018 | 168 | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.018 | José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | ||
| Experimental study on the fire resistance of GFRP pultruded tubular beams | Morgado, T.; Correia, J.R.; Silvestre, N.; Branco, F.A. | 2018 | 139 | 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.036 | Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | ||
| Numerical modelling of the thermal response of pultruded GFRP tubular profiles subjected to fire | Morgado, T.; Silvestre, N.; Correia, J.R.; Branco, F.A.; Keller, T. | 2018 | 137 | 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.009 | Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | ||
| Durability of GFRP-concrete adhesively bonded connections: Experimental and numerical studies | Gonilha, J.; Correia, J.R.; Branco, F.A.; Sena-Cruz, J. | 2018 | V. 168, 784-798 | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.05.018 | Engineering Structures | 3,084 | José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia |
| Experimental study on the fire resistance of GFRP pultruded tubular beams | Morgado, T.; Correia, J.R.; Silvestre, N.; Branco, F.A. | 2018 | V. 139, 106-116 | 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.036 | Composites Part B: Engineering | 6,864 | Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia |
| Numerical modelling of the thermal response of pultruded GFRP tubular profiles subjected to fire | Morgado, T.; Silvestre, N.; Correia, J.R.; Branco, F.A.; Keller, T. | 2018 | V. 137, 202-216 | 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.009 | Composites Part B: Engineering | 6,864 | Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia |
Books
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| Student Name | Supervisor | External Supervisor | Co-Supervisors | External Co-Supervisor #1 | External Co-Supervisor #2 | Title | PhD Programme | Universities Granting Title | Funding Institution | Scholarship | Total PhD Funding | PhD Funding for CERIS | Begining Date | End Date | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando António Baptista Branco | António Alexandre Trigo Teixeira | Mobile ports – an innovative solution for transporting grain. | Civil Engineering | Instituto Superior Técnico | 04/09/2017 | 15/06/2022 | 2022 | |||||||||
| João Wandi Viegas Massunga | Jorge Manuel Caliço Lopes de Brito | Fernando António Baptista Branco | Levantamento do Estado de Conservação do Património Edificado da Cidade de Luanda nos anos 60-70 do Século XX | Civil Engineering | Instituto Superior Técnico | 12/03/2013 | 13/07/2020 | 2020 |
| Name | Reference | Type | PI Names | CERIS Coordinator | Research Group | Other CERIS Members | Leading Institution | Other Institutions | Funding Institutions | Total Funding | Funding for Ceris | Beginning Date | End Date | State | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WildFireHousePR – New Fireproof Dwellings for WildFire | PTDC/ECI-CON/2240/2020 | National | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Fernando António Baptista Branco | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Fernando António Baptista Branco | Carlos Manuel Tiago Tavares Fernandes, João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, Mário Alexandre de Jesus Garrido, Mário José Loureiro de Figueiredo e Sá | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 248897,5 | 248897,5 | 2021 | 2024 | https://whp.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/ | ||||
| DURABLE-FRP – Towards Durability Design of FRP Composites for Civil Engineering Structures | PTDC/ECI-EGC/4609/2020 | National | João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | Helena Margarida Machado da Silva Ramos, José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo, Mário Alexandre de Jesus Garrido, João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira, João Pedro Girão Meireles de Sousa | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 249935 | 115521,25 | 2021 | 2024 | |||||
| EcoComposite – Development of Eco-Efficient Bio-composites for Structural Applications in Civil Engineering | PTDC/ECI-EGC/29597/2017 | National | Mário Alexandre de Jesus Garrido | Mário Alexandre de Jesus Garrido | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, José Dinis Silvestre, Mário José Loureiro de Figueiredo e Sá | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 239881,28 | 239881,28 | 2019 | 2023 | https://coregroup.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/research-projects/on-going/ecocomposite/ | ||||
| BESTMaintenance_LowerRisks – Buildings’ Envelope SLP-based Maintenance: Reducing the Risks and Costs for Owners | PTDC/ECI-CON/29286/2017 | National | Ana Filipa Ferreira da Silva Cigarro Matos | Ana Filipa Ferreira da Silva Cigarro Matos | Paulo Renato Camacho da Silva Lobo, Jorge Manuel Caliço Lopes de Brito, Carlos Paulo Novais Oliveira da Silva Cruz, Inês dos Santos Flores Barbosa Colen, Fernando António Baptista Branco, José Dinis Silvestre, Vitor Faria e Sousa | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 236288,83 | 236288,83 | 2018 | 2022 | http://bestmaintenancelowerrisks.webnode.pt | ||||
| RESIST-2020 – Seismic Rehabilitation of Old Masonry-Concrete Buildings | PTDC/ECI-EGC/30567/2017 | National | João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira | João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira | António Manuel Candeias de Sousa Gago, Fernando António Baptista Branco, Luís Manuel Coelho Guerreiro, Jorge Miguel Silveira Filipe Mascarenhas Proença, João José Rio Tinto de Azevedo | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 239590,75 | 100588,75 | 2018 | 2022 | |||||
| FireFloor – Fire Behaviour of GFRP Composite Sandwich Panels for Rehabilitation of Building Floors | PTDC/ECI-EGC/30611/2017 | National | João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo | João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, Carlos Manuel Tiago Tavares Fernandes, José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, Mário Alexandre de Jesus Garrido, Mário José Loureiro de Figueiredo e Sá, António Pedro Carones Duarte, Pietro Mazzuca, Eloísa Maria Castilho dos Santos | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 227449,2 | 227449,2 | 2018 | 2022 | https://coregroup.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/research-projects/on-going/f/ | ||||
| SHELTER – Structural Hyper-resisting Element for Life Threatening Earthquake Risk | LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-032854 | National | João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira | António Manuel Candeias de Sousa Gago, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, Luís Manuel Coelho Guerreiro, Jorge Miguel Silveira Filipe Mascarenhas Proença, João José Rio Tinto de Azevedo | TEIXEIRA DUARTE | PT 2020 | 1103372,96 | 194894,21 | 2018 | 2023 | https://teixeiraduarteconstrucao.com/sustentabilidade/inovacao-e-desenvolvimento-tecnologico/shelter-project/ | |||||
| FRP-Quake – Seismic Behaviour and Ductility of Structures Built with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers | PTDC/ECM-EST/6465/2014 | National | Fernando António Baptista Branco | Fernando António Baptista Branco | Mário Rui Tiago Arruda, José Manuel Cabecinhas de Almeida Gonilha, João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia, Luís Manuel Coelho Guerreiro, Jorge Miguel Silveira Filipe Mascarenhas Proença, João Paulo Janeiro Gomes Ferreira, Luís Manuel Calado de Oliveira Martins | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 183790 | 183790 | 2016 | 2020 | |||||
| FireComposite – Fire Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures Incorporating FRP Composites | PTDC/ECM-EST/1882/2014 | National | João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | João Pedro Ramôa Ribeiro Correia | Jorge Manuel Caliço Lopes de Brito, Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio, Fernando António Baptista Branco, João Pedro Lage da Costa Firmo | IST-ID – Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal) | FCT | 199878 | 119910 | 2016 | 2020 |