Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
José Piteira Gomes
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Assistant Researcher
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil engineering (FCT/UNL 2008)
Master’s degree in civil engineering (IST 1988)
Degree in civil engineering (IST 1982)
RELEVANT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AND POSITIONS
Auxiliary Researcher at LNEC (2008 – present)
Assistant (DEC/IST 1988-1990)
Teaching assistant (DEC/IST 1984-1988)
MAIN AREAS OF REASERCH/ INTEREST
Dam engineering
Mathematical modelling / Computational mechanics
Analysis of dam’s structural behaviour
Concrete deterioration processes
Rehabilitation of structures
DEVELOPED ACTIVITY
Developed planned research within the scope of DamSwelling process, studying the structural behavior of concrete dams subject to swelling processes. Also developed contract research studies aimed at observation, analysis and interpretation of the behavior and safety control of concrete dams, monitoring of construction and installation of systems observation in dams and other related science and technology activities, namely carrying out studies and reviews.
Regarding contract research activity, within the scope of observation and safety control of concrete dams and their foundations, was responsible for the processes relating to the following eleven dams: i) Ponte de Coimbra Dam; ii) Baixo Sabor; iii) Caldeirão; iv) Carrapatelo; v) Crestuma; vi) Fagilde; vii) Feiticeiro; viii) Fratel; ix) Pracana; x) Santa Luzia; and xi) Venda Nova. Currently is responsible for the processes of the following five dams: i) Baixo Sabor; ii) Feiticeiro; iii) Fratel; iv) Pracana; and v) Venda Nova.
Regarding contract studies, carried out close to 40 reports, of which highlights the following studies carried out in collaboration with other colleagues:
Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Scheme – Dams behaviour analysis, interpretation, and prevision (2009).
Baixo Sabor Dam - Analysis of the causes of the opening of the concrete joints at elevations 185 m and 186 m in the central area of the upstream face, at the end of construction, and assessment of the rehabilitation solution (2014).
Baixo Sabor dam – Analysis and interpretation of the observed behavior during the first filling of the reservoir (May 2019).
Lomé Container Terminal – Effects of swelling reactions on the structural behavior of the quay wall (April 2020).
Peti dam – Interpretation and prediction of structural behavior and evaluation of its safety conditions (November 2021).
Feiticeiro dam – Analysis and interpretation of the observed behavior during the first filling of the reservoir and the first period of operation (July 2022).
Regarding scientific communications at international conferences, was co-author of more than 40, from which highlights the following:
Analysis of Concrete Dams under Swelling Processes. 12th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), 2004, Beijing, China.
Damage-Chemo-Viscoelastic Model on the Analysis of Concrete Dams under Swelling Processes. 2nd International Conference Long Term behavior of Dams, October 2009, Graz, Austria.
Pracana dam 20 years after rehabilitation – Observed behavior of the dam and of its exposed geomembrane. 81st ICOLD Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 2013.
Parallelization of a Tridimensional Finite Element Program for Structural Behavior Analysis. Euro-Par 2014: Parallel Processing Workshops, UP, Porto.
Swelling effects in Fagilde dam (Portugal). First approach to structural analysis and interpretation. Dam Swelling Concrete 2017, Chambéry, França, Jun 2017.
Rock mass foundation seismic tomography and its contribution for the modelling of Baixo Sabor dam’s structural behaviour. Third International Dam World Conference, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, September 2018.
Analysis and interpretation of the observed behaviour of the Baixo Sabor dam during the first filling of the reservoir. Portuguese Structural Concrete Meeting – BE2018, LNEC, Lisbon, November 2018.
Methodology for interpolation across the entire domain of monitored quantities at a discrete number of concrete dam points using finite element meshes. Rehabilitate & Structural Concrete 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2021.
Structural behaviour of Pracana dam 30 years after rehabilitation due to severe ISR-ASR damage. 16th International Conference on Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), Lisboa, Portugal, Jun 2022.