Artur António de Almeida Portela

Departamento de Matemática e Engenharias
Universidade da Madeira

Campus Universitário da Penteada
9000-390 Funchal
Portugal

Telefone: +351 291705157
Fax: +351 291705199
Email: aportela(at)uma.pt
www: http://dme.uma.pt/people/faculty/artur.portela/
Office: Room 2.55

Actividade Profissional

  • Professor Catedrático, Universidade da Madeira, desde 2004
  • Professor Associado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL), 1997-2004
  • Professor Auxiliar, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), 1992-1997
  • Assistente, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UTL), 1976-1978
  • Assistente Estagiário, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/UTL)), 1974-1976

Habilitações Académicas

  • Doutoramento em Engenharia Civil
  • Especialista em Engenharia Civil do LNEC
  • Licenciatura em Engenharia Civil

Áreas de Investigação

  • Análise matemática dos fenómenos de engenharia com base nos modelos de elementos finitos e elementos de fronteira

Publicações

  • de Matos PFP, Moreira PMGP, Portela A, de Castro PMST (2004). Dual boundary element analysis of cracked plates: post-processing implementation of the singularity subtraction technique. COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES 82 (17-19): 1443-1449.
  • Portela, A., Charafi, A., Finite Elements Using Maple - A Symbolic Programming Approach, Springer, Berlin, (2002).
  • Portela, A., Silva, A., Mecânica dos Materiais, Editora Plátano, Lisboa, Portugal, (1996).
  • Portela, A., Dual Boundary Element Analysis of Crack Growth, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., (1993).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Crack-Growth Analysis Using Boundary Elements, book & software package, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., (1993).
  • Portela, A., Charafi, A., Trefftz Boundary Element Method: Multi-Region Formulations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 45, 821-840, (1999).
  • Domingues, J.S., Portela, A., Castro, P.T., Trefftz Boundary Element Method Applied to Fracture Mechanics, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 64, 1, 67-86, (1999).
  • Portela, A., Charafi, A., Slit-Interaction Modelling with Trefftz Boundary Elements, Proceedings of the International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, Department of Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfiel College, University of London, London, July 6-8, (1999).
  • Domingues, J.S., Portela, A., Castro, P.T., Análise de Tensões em Corpos Elásticos por Métodos Numéricos de Fronteira, I Jornadas Nacionais do Colégio de Engenharia Mecânica, Porto, Março, (1998).
  • Domingues, J.S., Portela, A., Castro, P.T., Aplicação do Método dos Elementos Fronteira de Trefftz na Determinação de K para uma Fenda Lateral Inclinada, VI Jornadas de Fractura da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Porto, Fevereiro, (1998).
  • Portela, A., Charafi, A., Trefftz Boundary Element Method for Domains with Slits, International Journal Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 20, 4, 299-304, (1997).
  • Portela, A., Charafi, A., Programming Trefftz Boundary Elements, International Journal Advances in Engineering Software, 8, 8, 509-524, (1997).
  • Sabino, J., Portela, A., Castro, P.T., O Método dos Elementos de Fronteira Aplicado à Elasticidade Plana, Ingenium, Revista da Ordem dos Engenheiros, Junho, (1997).
  • Domingues, J.S., Portela, A., Castro, P.T., Método de Elementos Fronteira de Trefftz em Elasticidade Plana, V Encontro Nacional de Mecânica Compuacional, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Outubro, (1997).
  • Portela, A., Mota Soares, C.A., Shape Optimal Design of Structures Based on Recent Developments of the Boundary Element Method, selected for publication in ASME Journal from the 20th ASME Conference, September (1994).
  • Portela, A., Mota Soares, C.A., Shape Optimal Design of Structures Based on Recent Developments of the Boundary Element Method, Proceedings of 20th ASME Design Automation Conference, Minneapolis, U.S.A., September (1994).
  • Portela, A., Boundary Element Analysis of Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, Proceedings of 19th ICAS -- International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Anaheim, U.S.A., September (1994).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Dual Boundary Element Incremental Analysis of Crack Propagation, International Journal for Computers and Structures, 46, 2, 237-247, (1993).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Dual Boundary Element Analysis of Linear Elastic Crack Problems, in Advanced Formulations in Boundary Element Methods, M.H. Aliabadi, C.A. Brebbia (Editors), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Co-published with Elsevier Applied Science, London, U.K., (1993).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Dual Boundary Element Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth, in Advances in Boundary Element Methods for Fracture Mechanics, M.H. Aliabadi, C.A. Brebbia (Editors), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Co-published with Elsevier Applied Science, London, U.K., (1993).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., The Dual Boundary Element Method: Effective Implementation for Crack Problems, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 33, 1269-1287, (1992).
  • Aliabadi, M.H., Portela, A., Dual Boundary Element Incremental Analysis of Crack Growth in Rotating Disc, Proceedings of BETECH 92 - Seventh International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, C.A. Brebbia (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., (1992).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Efficient Boundary Element Analysis of Sharp Notched Plates, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 32, 445-470, (1991).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Dual Boundary Element Analysis of Pin-Loaded Lugs, Proceedings of BETECH 91 - Sixth International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Southampton, U.K., C.A. Brebbia (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., (1991).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., On the Accuracy of Boundary and Finite Element Techniques for Crack Problems in Fracture Mechanics, Proceedings of BEM XI - Eleventh International Conference on Boundary Element Methods, Cambridge, U.S.A., C.A. Brebbia et ali (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, (1989).
  • , A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Mixed Mode Analysis of Sharp Notches, Proceedings of CAACOLD 90 - First International Conference on Computer-Aided Assessment and Control of Localized Damage, Portsmouth, U.K., M.H. Aliabadi et ali (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, (1989).
  • Portela, A., Aliabadi, M.H., Rooke, D.P., Boundary Element Analysis of V-Notched Plates, Proceedings of BETECH 89 - Fourth International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Windsor, Canada, C.A. Brebbia (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., (1989).
  • Portela, A., Hidrodinâmica de Lagos e Reservatórios: Modelação Matemática, XII Congresso Latino-Americano de Hidráulica, São Paulo, Brasil, (1986).
  • Portela, A., Refracção e Difracção Combinadas - Análise com Elementos Finitos, Elementos Infinitos e Elementos de Fronteira, V Congresso Latino-Americano de Métodos Computacionais para Engenharia, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, (1985).
  • Portela, A., Elementos Finitos - Programação em Microcomputador - Minimização da Memória de Cálculo, Engenharia Mackenzie, revista de Engenharia Civil da Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brasil, 167, Janeiro/Março, (1984).
  • Portela A., Boundary Solutions for the Linear Theory of Structures and the Generalization of the Work Theorem, Revue Romaine des Sciences Techniques - Mecanique Appliquée, 28, 1, 55-62, Bucarest, Romania, (1983).
  • Portela, A., Tecnologia para a Programação de Elementos Finitos em Microcomputador, Engenharia Mackenzie, revista de Engenharia Civil da Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brasil, 165, Setembro/Outubro, (1983).
  • Portela, A., Theoretical Basis of Boundary Solutions for the Linear Theory of Structures, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 5, 57-59, (1981).
  • Portela, A., Theoretical Basis of Boundary Solutions for the Linear Theory of Structures, Proceedings of the Second International Seminar on Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods, Brebbia (Editor), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, (1980).
  • Portela, A., Geração Interactiva de Malhas de Elementos Finitos, Informática, revista da Associação Portuguesa de Informática, Vol 2, N 3, Agosto/Outubro, (1977).