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ISTAR – Laboratory of Architecture

Main Equipment |

• 3D printer

• Laser cutter

• Miling machine

Current Research Projects |

• “Design and Performance of Ultra-Thin Concrete

Shells”

• “CIM Baixa Pombalina”

• “Gulbenkian Sensory Tour”

• “Arquitracking”

Consultancy Activities |

• Fabrication of reduced models for testing

• Three-dimensional modelling of the built heritage

• Development of prototypes

Research & Development Activities |

• 3D Modeling and Virtual Reality

• Digital Fabrication and Rapid Prototyping

• Building physics and passive design

• Acquisition Data Systems

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LC – Laboratory of Construction

Main Equipment |

• Equipment for mechanical, physical and chemical

testing of mortars, concrete, grouts and composite

materials for construction and rehabilitation

• Equipment to study hydrothermal and acoustic

behaviour for lab and on-site performance tests.


• Energetic efficiency lightweight concrete

• Performance of concrete and mortars formulated with

recycle aggregates

• Recycling and re-use of CDW (construction and

demolition waste)

• Self compacting concrete

• GFRP pultruded profiles in civil engineering

• Nanorenders with aerogel for thermal improvement


• Compatible mortars for conservation interventions

• Repair mortars for reinforced concrete structures

• Incorporation of new and recycled materials

• Inspection and diagnosis

• In-service performance assessment


• Lightweight mortars and structural concrete

• Recycle aggregates for mortars and concrete

• Self compacting concrete

• Hydrothermal and acoustic building behaviour

• Mortars and consolidants for conservation

• Advanced composite structural materials

• Incorporation of nanomaterials

Head | Inês Flores-Colen

CEris Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability

Environment Laboratory

Main Equipment |

• 9 pilot-scale sub-surface flow CW

• 3 oxygen probes, 1 pH and redox probe and 1

conductivity probe

• 2 YSI multiparametric probes

• Online UV-visible spectrophotometer S::CAN

• 2 muffles (0-1000/1300ºC)

• 2 ovens (0-300ºC)

• Muffle

• Hydraulic pump

• LSS respirometer

• Air compressor

• Spectrophotometer and heating mantle

thermostatically controlled

• Micro balance


• Respirometry in sub-surface flow CW.

• Peak loads in sub-surface flow CW

• Formation, oxidation and release of H2S in sewer

systems


Research & Development Activity Domains |

• Respirometry

• Constructed Wetlands (CW)

• Sulphide release on drop manholes and

corresponding effects

• Suport to field measurements based on probes

and to analysis for advanced consultancy

Head | Ana Galvão / António H. Cardoso


• SI-Gea - Intelligent Platform for the Advanced

Management of Urban Wastewater Systems

• EVIN - EValuating INfiltration Inflows in the Alcântara

sewer system

• EvLUA – Evaluation of surface and groundwater

quality in Parques de Sintra-Monte LUA

LERM – Laboratory of Structures and Strength of Materials

Main Equipment |

• Wind tunnel

• Shaking table

• Reaction wall

• Dynamic testing system

• Static load frames


• Fire-FRP - Fire protection systems for GFRP pultruded

profiles

• Seismic reinforcement techniques for old buildings

• Recycling & seismic protection: sustainable high

performance CFST columns for seismic areas

• RehabToolBox - Development of rehabilitation

systems and devices

• Pontalumis – Development of a prototype of a

pedestrian bridge

• Clickhouse - Development of a prototype of an

emergency house in composite materials

• Structural glass

• High performance recycled aggregates concrete for the

precast industry (EXCELlentSUStainableCONcrete)

• SEVERES - Seismic Vulnerability of Old Masonry

Buildings


• Lattice steel towers for electrical lines

• Power rail


• R&D activities - MSc Thesis (Structures), PhD

Thesis (Civil. Eng.)

• International research projects

• National research projects

• Teaching activities

• Consultancy and special studies

Head | Luis Calado


LG – Laboratory of Geotechnics

Main Equipment |

• R&D - MSc and PhD thesis, research programmes

• Experimental teaching - Civil Engineering curricula

• Consultancy services


• Geotechnical characterization

• Vibrations in urban areas

• Displacement piles

• Energy piles

• Electro-chemo-hydro-mechanical behavior of clays

• Treatment of soils and bio-cementation

• Suction measurement techniques


• Geotechnical characterization

• Vibration in urban areas

• Hydro-mechanical behaviour of sand-cement mixtures

• Pile testing


• Materials behavior and modeling

• Soil improvement

• Special foundations

• Soil dynamics

• Soil-atmosphere interaction

Head | Jaime Santos


Hydraulics Laboratory

Experimental Facilites |

• Five pressurized pipe systems (1,2,3)

• Seven multipurpose flumes (4,5,6)

• Particle Image Velocimeter (PIV) (6)

• Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (ADV) (7)

• Ultrasonic Velocity Profilers (UVP)

• Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Flowmeters

• Pressure and strain gauges

• Limnimeters (resistive probes, echo-sounders)

• Bed followers (laser; micro-echo-sounders)

Current Research Projects (PhD themes) |

• Fluid-structure interaction in pressure flows (1,2)

• Hydropower and efficiency in water systems (2)

• Power generation by waterhammer (3)

• Local scour at complex bridge piers (4)

• Innovative pool-type fishways design (5)

• Armor blocks stability on rubble mound breakwater (6)

• Morphodynamics of river confluences (9)

• Mechanics of granular media in 3D turbulent flows (10)


• Slit check-dams for the mitigation of debris flows in

Madeira Island

Research & Development Activity Domains |

• Pressure flows

• Hydraulic structures

• River morphodynamics

• Harbour and coastal engineering

• Ecohydraulics

• Micro-hydropower

• Turbulence and granular mechanics

Head | António H. Cardoso


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• Free access room, with 84 PC’s

• 3 classrooms, totalizing 95 PC’s

Training courses

• Software training courses: AutoCAD 2015, 3DS Max

Design 2015, Revit Architecture 2015, Robot

Structural Analysis 2015, ArcGIS v10.1, MATLAB

R2014b, MS Excel 2013, MS Project 2013 and

SAP2000 v16

• Experienced trainers from recognized companies

• Certification included

Small and large format printing

• 3 A4/A3 laser printers: HP LaserJet 4350dtn,

HP Color LaserJet CP6015xh and HP Color

LaserJet 6040 MFP

• 2 plotters: HP DesignJet Z3100ps GP Photo and

HP DesignJet 4000ps

• Other equipments: a trimmer, one paper bender,

a binder, two scanners (A4 and A3)

Mission

• Provide to the DECivil students the means and

services in the Information Technologies area that

meet their academic needs

• The LTI serves a population of 9000 users, 2000 of

whom are students of DECivil

• The operation and management of LTI DECivil is

ensured by a body of 20 monitors composed entirely

of students from IST

| Information Technology Laboratory


LVCT – Laboratory of Transport Infrastructures

Main Equipment |

• Composition and characterization of granular and

bituminous materials

• Testing and performance validation of pavement

materials

• Bearing capacity of road and airfield pavements

• Friction and roughness characterization of pavements

surface


• Asphalt mixtures made with industrial by-products

• Warm asphalt mixtures

• Nanotechnology in pavement materials

• New design methods of materials and pavements

• Design and technical application of non-traditional

materials

• Quality control of materials and pavements

• Climatic challenges facing by transport infrastructures


• Laboratory and field tests for maintenance and recycling

design of transport infrastructures (Portugal, Africa,

South America and Medium Orient)

• Tests for pavement management systems of airfield

infrastructures (Portugal: ANA)

• Tests for pavement quality control of highway networks

(Portugal: ASCENDI)


• Performance assessment of materials and pavements

• Characterization of traffic and noise

• MSc and PhD thesis

• Experimental teaching - Civil Engineering curricula

• Research programmes and consultancy services

Head | Luís de Picado Santos


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