Materials & Manufacturing Processes
Materials & Manufacturing Processes (MMP)
Advances on materials formulation, processing and characterization.
Research Topics
Materials Design and Modelling
Advanced Materials Characterization
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Process Modelling and Simulation
Materials Design and Modelling
- Composites, cellular materials and FGMs
- Multi-material lightweight designs, including polymer and metal composites, synthesis of nanocoatings/ nanocomposites for new bio-based composites
- Advanced tooling materials, including coatings
- Materials for AM
- High entropy alloys
- Low-dimensional nanomaterials
- Energy materials: high-energy density batteries, catalysts for fuel cells/ water electrolysis with reduced utilization of platinum, photovoltaic materials for higher efficiency
- Biomaterials and natural materials for multifunctional applications
- Renewing and re-manufacturing of products to achieve circularity
Advanced Materials Characterization
- Constitutive models of materials’ systems, using multi-scale (micro-/meso-/macroscopic) methods to consider the effect of microstructure and interfaces in the macro-scale mechanical behaviours (e.g. H2 embrittlement)
- Advanced materials experimental characterization methods (e.g. high-strain rate; fatigue; fracture; high temperature, cryogenic temperature, fire-resistance)
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- Innovative, flexible, environmental-friendly manufacturing processes with emphasis on metal forming, casting, joining and polymer, composite and stone processing, additive manufacturing, subtractive and hybrid manufacturing
Process Modelling and Simulation
- Integration of new materials, by deeper understanding of the fundamental phenomena playing a key role in their performance
- Manufacturing processes optimization (parameters-process-properties) approaches, though analytical and numerical modelling, development of digital/virtual twins, and AI and machine learning applied to manufacturing
R&D Projects
Featured Publications
Costa Oliveira, F. A., Sardinha, M., Galindo, J., Rodríguez, J., Cañadas, I., Leite, M., & Fernandes, J. C. (2023). Manufacturing and Thermal Shock Resistance of 3D-Printed Porous Black Zirconia for Concentrated Solar Applications. Crystals, 13(9), 1323.
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13091323
DOI: 10.3390/cryst13091323
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Sampaio, R. F., Pragana, J. P., Bragança, I. M., Silva, C. M., & Martins, P. A. (2023). A complete characterization of THE fracture forming limits in bulk forming by means of an upset geometry sequence. The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 58(8), 621-632.
DOI: 10.1177/03093247231187015
DOI: 10.1177/03093247231187015
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Akhavan-Safar, A., Jalali, S., da Silva, L. F. M., & Ayatollahi, M. R. (2023). Effects of low cycle impact fatigue on the residual mode II fracture energy of adhesively bonded joints. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 126, 103455.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2023.103455
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2023.103455
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Dantas, R., Gouveia, M., Silva, F. G., Fiorentin, F., Correia, J. A., Lesiuk, G., & de Jesus, A. (2023). Notch effect in very high-cycle fatigue behaviour of a structural steel. International Journal of Fatigue, 177, 107925.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107925
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107925
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Pereira, R., de Moura, M., Moreira, R., & Correia, N. (2023). Pure (I and II) and mixed-mode (I+ II) fracture characterisation of unidirectional AS4/Low-melt-PolyaryletherketoneTM polymer composites. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 07316844231207749.
DOI: 10.1177/07316844231207749
DOI: 10.1177/07316844231207749
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Global Coordinator
Maria de Fátima Reis Vaz
Other Institutional Coordinators
Abílio Manuel Pinho de Jesus
Team
Abel Dias dos Santos
Aida Beatriz Vieira Moreira
Alireza Akhavan-Safar
Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis
António Manuel Relógio Ribeiro
António Torres Marques
Barbara Perry Pereira Alves Gouveia Almeida
Carlos Manuel Alves da Silva
Elsa Maria Pires Henriques
Elsa Wellenkamp de Sequeiros
Erfan Azinpour
Felipe Klein Fiorentin
Fernando Jorge Lino Alves
Filomena Maria da Conceição Viana
Ines da Fonseca Pestana Ascenso Pires
Inês Ribeiro
Ivo Manuel Ferreira Bragança
João Pedro Grosa Magrinho
José Carlos Magalhães Duque da Fonseca
Jose Jorge Lopes Da Cruz Fernandes
José Manuel de Almeida César de Sá
Laura Maria Melo Ribeiro
Lucas Filipe Martins Silva
Lucival Malcher
Luis Filipe Galrão dos Reis
Luis Manuel Guerra Silva Rosa
Luís Manuel Mendonça Alves
Luis Miguel Pereira Durão
Manuel Fernando Gonçalves Vieira
Manuel José Moreira Freitas
Marcelo Francisco S. F. Moura
Marco Alexandre de Oliveira Leite
Maria Beatriz Cipriano de Jesus Silva
Mohammad Mehdi Kasaei
Nuno André Curado Mateus Correia
Nuno Miguel Marques Pereiro Rocha
Omid Emadínia
Paulo António Firme Martins
Paulo Jorge Matos Fernandes Martins Ferreira
Paulo Miguel Nogueira Peças
Paulo Reinier Gonçalves
Pedro Alexandre Rodrigues Carvalho Rosa
Pedro Miguel Gomes Abrunhosa Amaral
Raquel Miriam Barbosa dos Santos
Raul Moreira
Ricardo João Camilo Carbas
Ricardo Miguel Gomes Simões Baptista
Rogério Anacleto Cordeiro Colaço
Rúben Filipe da Silva Santos
Rui Jorge de Lemos Neto
Rui Ricardo Loureiro Amaral
Sofia Teixeira de Freitas
Sonia Luísa dos Santos Simões
Tiago Emanuel Fraga da Silva
Virginia Isabel Monteiro Nabais Infante