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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Antunes

Citation names

  • Antunes, Pedro
  • P. Antunes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4613-B25C-A225
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6910-8456
Google Scholar ID
R6a-xq0AAAAJ
Researcher Id
AAE-3662-2019
Scopus Author Id
0000000169108456
Education
Degree Classification
2018
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Co-Simulation Methods for Multidisciplinary Problems in Railway Dynamics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Development of Multibody Pantograph and Finite Element Catenary Models for Application to High-Speed Railway Operations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/08/08 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/06/01 - 2017/05/31 CO-SIMULATION METHODS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS IN RAILWAY DYNAMICS
SFRH/BD/88515/2012
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Associate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
UID/EMS/50022/2019
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Associated Laboratory for Energy Transports and Aeronautics, Portugal

Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; José Rebelo; José Santos; Hugo Magalhães; Jorge Ambrósio; Frankie Jackson; Rakesh Mishra. "Dynamic Analysis of Pantograph-Catenary Interaction on Contact Wire Gradients with Aerodynamic Effects". 2025.
    10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_83
  2. Hugo Magalhães; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; Jorge Ambrósio. "A Dedicated Control Design Methodology for Improved Tilting Train Performance". 72-81. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_9
  3. Jorge Ambrosio; Pedro Antunes; Mário Viegas. "Generalized Path Following Constraints with Spatial Curves for Roller Coaster Applications". edited by Jadran Lenarcic; Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli, 335-343. Springer, Cham, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-93188-3_39
Conference paper
  1. J. Ambrosio; Joao Costa; Pedro Antunes; Hugo Magalhães; João Pombo. "Railway vehicle dynamics interaction with a flexible track". 2019.
    10.1201/9780429426506-307
  2. J. Ambrosio; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; A. Facchinetti. "Pantograph-catenary interaction in curved railway tracks". 2019.
    10.1201/9780429426506-309
  3. Ambrosio, J.; Viegas, M.; Antunes, P.; Magalhães, H.. "Dynamics of a roller coaster vehicle". 2018.
    10.1201/9781351057189
  4. B. Sequeira; João Pombo; Pedro Antunes; J. Ambrósio; P. Woodward. "Development of a Methodology for the Geometric Parameterization of Three-Dimensional Tracks". 2015.
    10.4203/ccp.108.133
Journal article
  1. G. Tucker; H. Faham; S. Parsa; P. Antunes. "Automated pantograph dynamic testing and defect detection". Mechanism and Machine Theory (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2025.106008.
    10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2025.106008
  2. Ramalho, Pedro; Antunes, Pedro; Ambrosio, Jorge; Oliveira, Paulo. Corresponding author: Ramalho, Pedro. "Development of a Mechatronic Pantograph for Improved Contact with Railway Catenaries in Conventional Networks". Vehicle System Dynamics (2025):
    Under revision
  3. Alexander Schirrer; Jose Santos; Marko Grujic; Julian Zulehner; Michael Weichselbaumer; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; Christoph Hametner; Stefan Jakubek. "Time delay in a mechatronic Power-HIL system: Analysis and model-based compensation". Control Engineering Practice (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2023.105832.
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2023.105832
  4. Frankie Jackson; Rakesh Mishra; Jose Mario Rebelo; Jose Santos; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes; Luke Wills; Matthew Askill. "Modelling dynamic pantograph loads with combined numerical analysis". Railway Engineering Science (2023): https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/2b9b41c3-6cee-40c7-80ff-bf06d89e6c47.
    10.1007/s40534-023-00318-0
  5. JM Rebelo; P Antunes; J Ambrósio; J Pombo. "Track and catenary reconstruction from aerial images for the realistic analysis of rail electrification systems". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097231185800.
    10.1177/09544097231185800
  6. Pedro Millan; João Pagaimo; Hugo Magalhães; Pedro Antunes; Jorge Ambrósio. "Influence of the friction modelling decisions on the acceptance of the running behaviour of a friction-damped locomotive". Vehicle System Dynamics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2023.2195668.
    10.1080/00423114.2023.2195668
  7. H. Magalhaes; F. Marques; P. Antunes; P. Flores; J. Pombo; J. Ambrósio; A. Qazi; et al. "Wheel-rail contact models in the presence of switches and crossings". Vehicle System Dynamics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2022.2045026.
    10.1080/00423114.2022.2045026
  8. Ming Zhu; Sara Ying Zhang; Jason Zheng Jiang; John Macdonald; Simon Neild; Pedro Antunes; Joâo Pombo; et al. "Enhancing pantograph-catenary dynamic performance using an inertance-integrated damping system". Vehicle System Dynamics (2022): 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2021.1884273.
    10.1080/00423114.2021.1884273
  9. P. Ramalho; Pedro Antunes; J. Ambrósio; S. Pissara. "Virtual pantograph-catenary environment for control development based on a co-simulation approach". Multibody System Dynamics 55 1-2 (2022): 241-265. https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/03c6bb25-38e5-4798-bac5-39aaf8a7066e.
    10.1007/s11044-022-09826-z
  10. Joao Costa; Pedro Antunes; Hugo Magalhães; João Pombo; Jorge Ambrsio. "A Finite Element Methodology to Model Flexible Tracks with Arbitrary Geometry for Railway Dynamics Applications". Computers and Structures 254 (2021): https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/778c3a0e-6e08-4ffe-895e-ef8d11113dad.
    10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106519
  11. Joao Costa; Pedro Antunes; Hugo Magalhães; João Pombo; Jorge Ambrsio. "A novel methodology to automatically include general track flexibility in railway vehicle dynamic analyses". Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 235 4 (2021): 478-493. https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/2cba39e5-e30f-4f18-9db4-af9095fc6bd5.
    10.1177/0954409720945420
  12. Yang Song; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo; Zhigang Liu. "A methodology to study high-speed pantograph-catenary interaction with realistic contact wire irregularities". Mechanism and Machine Theory 152 (2020): https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/0d4b7eec-d447-4d17-9c7a-f48bbab0df9e.
    10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2020.103940
  13. Antunes, P.; Ambrósio, J.; Pombo, J.; Facchinetti, A.. "A new methodology to study the pantograph–catenary dynamics in curved railway tracks". Vehicle System Dynamics 58 3 (2020): 425-452. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063230110&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/00423114.2019.1583348
  14. "Implementation of a non-Hertzian contact model for railway dynamic application". Multibody System Dynamics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11044-019-09688-y.
    10.1007/s11044-019-09688-y
  15. "A co-simulation approach to the wheel--rail contact with flexible railway track". Multibody System Dynamics (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-018-09646-0.
    10.1007/s11044-018-09646-0
  16. Sequeira, B.; Pombo, J.; Antunes, P.; Ambrósio, J.; Woodward, P.. "Development of a methodology for the geometric parameterization of three-dimensional tracks". Civil-Comp Proceedings 108 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964330792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  17. Jorge Ambrósio; João Pombo; Pedro Antunes; Manuel Pereira. "PantoCat statement of method". Vehicle System Dynamics 53 3 (2014): 314-328. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00423114.2014.969283.
    10.1080/00423114.2014.969283
  18. J. Pombo; T. Almeida; H. Magalhães; P. Antunes; J. Ambrósio. "Finite Element Methodology for Flexible Track Models in Railway Dynamics Applications". International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems 5 1 (2013): https://doi.org/10.4273%2Fijvss.5.2.01.
    10.4273/ijvss.5.2.01
  19. J. Pombo; P. Antunes. "A Comparative Study between Two Pantographs in Multiple Pantograph High-Speed Operations". International Journal of Railway Technology 2 1 (2013): 83-108. https://doi.org/10.4203%2Fijrt.2.1.4.
    10.4203/ijrt.2.1.4
  20. J. Ambrósio; J. Pombo; M. Pereira; P. Antunes; A. Mósca. "Recent Developments in Pantograph-Catenary Interaction Modelling and Analysis". International Journal of Railway Technology 1 1 (2012): 249-278. https://doi.org/10.4203%2Fijrt.1.1.12.
    10.4203/ijrt.1.1.12
  21. Ambrósio, J.; Pombo, J.; Pereira, M.; Antunes, P.; Mósca, A.. "A computational procedure for the dynamic analysis of the catenary-pantograph interaction in high-speed trains,Procedura obliczeniowa w analizie dynamiki ukladu sieci trakcyjnej i pantografu szybkobieznego pociagu". Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 50 3 (2012): 681-699. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864028330&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  22. Ambrosio, Jorge; Pombo, Joao; Pereira, Manuel; Antunes, Pedro; Mosca, Antonio. "A COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE FOR THE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CATENARY-PANTOGRAPH INTERACTION IN HIGH-SPEED TRAINS". Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2012): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/5733528/.

Other

Other output
  1. On the Requirements of Interpolating Polynomials for Path Motion Constraints. 2014. Jorge Ambrósio; Pedro Antunes; João Pombo. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-10723-3_19.
    10.1007/978-3-319-10723-3_19
Distinctions

Award

2019 RSSB and UKRRIN Young Innovator Award 2019
Rail Safety and Standards Board, United Kingdom
2018 Lagrange Award - Springer Outstanding thesis in Multibody Dynamics
IFToMM Federation, Italy