Pedro Leal Ribeiro

        Dep. of Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering
    University of Porto

    Address:
    Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n
    4200-465 Porto
    PORTUGAL

    Tel: +351 22 508 1721
    Fax: +351 22 508 1445
    E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Academic Résumé

Research Areas

Academic Résumé

Degrees

  • First Degree (licenciatura, five years) in Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto,1992.
  •  Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, 1994.
  • PhD Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, 1998.

 

“Provas de Agregação”

·         “Provas de Agregação” in Mechanical Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Approved by all jury members, 11 October 2013.

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Member of EUROMECH Nonlinear Oscillations Conference Committee (ENOCC),

1st January 2012 – 31st  December 2017

Member of the Scientific Committee of several international conferences

Events organization

·         Chairman of EUROMECH colloquium 483

      Geometrically Non-linear Vibrations of Structures, 9-11 Julho 2007, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto.

·         Co-Chair of EURODYN 2014

  • Pre-nominated chair of session SM19: Structural Vibrations, ICTAM 2008, XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, Australia, 24-30 August, 2008. Session co-chairs: M. Wiercigroch and P. Ribeiro.
  • Organised several mini-symposia at international conferences 

Editor

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Mathematical Problems in Engineering from August 2010 to March 2014.

·         Co-guest Editor of Special Issue of Computers and Structures: Non-linear dynamics of structures and mechanical systems, Vol. 84 (24-25), 1561-1564, 2006; editors: P. Ribeiro, B.H.V. Topping and C.A.M. Soares.

  •  Co-guest Editor of Special Issue of the Journal of Sound and Vibration: EUROMECH 483, Geometrically non-linear vibrations of structures; Vol 315 (3), 371-796, 2008;  editors: P.Ribeiro and M. Amabili.
  •  Co-guest Editor of Special Issue of the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences: Non-linear Oscillations, Vol. 52 (11), 1395-1546, 2010;  editors: J. Antunes and P.Ribeiro.
  • Co-editor of Book of Proceedings EUROMECH Colloquium 483, Geometrically Non-linear Vibrations of Structures”. ISBN: 978-989-95208-2-0. Editors: P. Ribeiro and M. Amabili.

Teaching experience

First degree level: kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, solid mechanics, vibrations.

Master degree level: non-linear dynamics, structural dynamics.

Ph.D. level: non-linear dynamics.

Lecturer in course "Exploiting Nonlinear Behaviour in Structural Dynamics", Centre International des Science Mécaniques (CISM), Udine, Italy, 13-17- September 2010.

 

Awards

1994, Award “Engo António de Almeida”, Foundation Engenheiro António de Almeida.

2005, Honourable Mention “Young researcher in Applied and Computational Mechanics 2004”, Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional (Portuguese Association of Theoretical, Applied and Computational Mechanics).

2007, Award “Young researcher in Applied and Computational Mechanics 2006”, Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional.

2008 to 2014, Awards "Prémio de Incentivo à Investigação", Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

 

 Research Areas

   Main area: Non-linear Dynamics of Structures

 

  Sub-areas of interest of interest, within non-linear dynamics:

    - nanostructures

    - plasticity

    - laminated composites

    - Variable Stiffness Composite Laminated

    - p-version Finite Element Method

    - solvers for non-linear differential equations of motion

    - modal interactions, stability, chaotic motions

    - structural health monitoring using vibrations