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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carlos Luís Oliveira Macedo Serra

Citation names

  • Serra, Carlos
  • Serra, C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AB14-F181-D996
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0656-9313

Email addresses

  • cserra@lnec.pt (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2013 - 2017
Concluded
 Eng. Civil (Doutoramento)
Major in Estruturas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
2007 - 2008
Concluded
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Estruturas
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 16
2001 - 2006
Concluded
 Eng. Civil (Licenciatura)
Major in Estruturas
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2020 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Barragens de Betão, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Postdoc (Research) Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Departamento de Barragens de Betão, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2020/03 - 2023/07 Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31 Applying Reactive Twins to Enhance Monument Information Systems
Grant agreement ID: 101188009
Researcher
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2027/12/31 Advancing FronTier Research In the Arts and hUManities
Grant agreement ID: 101132163
Researcher
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal
 European Union
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Miguel Azenha; José Granja; Carlos Serra; João Conde Silva. "BIM no controlo de segurança de barragens de betão: Uma ferramenta de apoio às inspeções visuais". 2024.
    10.21814/uminho.ed.142.12
  2. Carlos Serra; João Conde Silva; António Lopes Batista; Nuno Monteiro Azevedo. "Dam Concrete in Situ Creep Tests. Experimental Setup and Results from Six Large Concrete Dams". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-33211-1_32
  3. Carlos Serra. "As potencialidades e desafios da implementação BIM adaptada ao controlo de segurança estrutural de barragens de betão". 2022.
    10.21814/uminho.ed.32.31
Conference paper
  1. Serra, C.. "A Study on the Influence of the Reservoir Water Level on the Seismic Performance of a Large Double Curvature Arch Dam". Paper presented in 5th International DAM WORLD Conference (DW2025), Lisboa, 2025.
    Published
  2. Serra, C.. "Safety control during the Alto Tâmega dam construction". Paper presented in 28ème Congrès des Grands Barrages. Chengdu, Chengdu, 2025.
    Published
  3. Pereira, Sílvia Raquel Morais; Roque, Dora; Matias, Luis; Menezes, Marluci; Mota, Rogério; Correia, Maria João; Cruz, Cláudio; et al. Corresponding author: Pereira, Sílvia Raquel Morais. "Old azulejos through new lenses: Integration of digital and non-digital methodologies for the assessment and monitoring of azulejo panels decay". 2024.
    Published
  4. Serra, C.. "Seismic performance assessment of Bouçã arch dam. Non-linear analysis considering joint movements and concrete damage under tension and compression". Paper presented in 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering ECCOMAS Congress 2024, Lisboa, 2024.
    Published
  5. Serra, C.. "HBIM and openBIM for management of historic architectural ceramic tiles information". Paper presented in EPoCH 2024: Emerging Perspectives on Conservation and Heritage, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  6. "Prevention of Alkali-Silica Reaction in massive concrete structures: Laboratory and field correlation". Paper presented in Concrete 2021, 2021.
    Published
  7. "The diagnosis and prognosis of ASR in dams. Application to Alto Ceira dam (Portugal)". Paper presented in Fourth International Dam World Conference, 2021.
  8. Serra, Carlos; Monteiro Azevedo, Nuno; Batista, A.L.; Leitão, Noemi. "Modelos de partículas para simulação de ensaios deformabilidade do betão considerando explicitamente a mesoestrutura". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional Betão Estrutural 2018 - BE2018, Lisboa, 2018.
  9. "Particle model for the prediction of long-term deformability properties of dam concrete". Paper presented in SynerCrete’18, Funchal, 2018.
    Published
  10. "Overview on the multi-decade database of Portuguese large concrete dams monitoring data". Paper presented in SynerCrete’18, Funchal, 2018.
    Published
  11. "Comprehensive analysis of the concrete deformability test results of Portuguese large dams". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Dam World, 2015.
    Published
  12. "Viscoelastic concrete behaviour analysis using rigid particle detailed modelling". Paper presented in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia, 2015.
    Published
  13. "Contributions of applied metrology for concrete dam monitoring". Paper presented in Hydropower'15, Stavanger, 2015.
  14. "Analysis and interpretation of the structural behaviour of Alqueva dam during the first filling of the reservoir". 2011.
    Published
  15. "Methodologies for the seismic performance assessment of bridges – Application to bridges in Portugal". Paper presented in 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ohrid, 2010.
    Published
  16. "Analysis and interpretation of Pedrógão dam behaviour during the first filling of the reservoir". Paper presented in 5th International Conference on Dam Engineering, 2007.
    Published
Journal article
  1. João Custódio; Juan Mata; Carlos Serra; António Bettencourt Ribeiro; António Tavares de Castro; António Lopes Batista. "Insights into the Diagnosis and Prognosis of the Alkali–Silica Reaction (ASR) in Concrete Dams, Highlighting the Case of the Demolished Alto Ceira Dam in Portugal". Buildings (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15030460.
    10.3390/buildings15030460
  2. Serra, C.. "LNEC support to the design adaptation of Alto Tâmega dam due to the rockslide on the right bank slope". Dam Engineering XXXIII 3 (2025):
    Published
  3. João Conde Silva; Carlos Serra. "Monitoring internal swelling reactions in concrete dams". Procedia Structural Integrity (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2024.09.340.
    10.1016/j.prostr.2024.09.340
  4. João Conde Silva; Carlos Serra. "Injection of discontinuities in concrete dams with cement-based grouts". Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24705314.2022.2088070.
    10.1080/24705314.2022.2088070
  5. João Conde Silva; Carlos Serra. "A review on cement-based materials and practices for rehabilitation, retrofitting and strengthening of hydraulic structures". Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (2022): https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000692.
    Accepted • 10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000692
  6. "Recommendations of RILEM TC 287-CCS: thermo-chemo-mechanical modelling of massive concrete structures towards cracking risk assessment". Materials and Structures 54 4 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01732-8.
    10.1617/s11527-021-01732-8
  7. Serra, C.; Azevedo, N.M.; Batista, A.L.; Schclar, N.. "Discrete element method for modeling the long-term aging viscoelastic behavior of concrete considering its mesostructure". Journal of Engineering Mechanics 144 5 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042473636&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001434
  8. Serra, C.; Batista, A.L.; Azevedo, N.M.; Custódio, J.. "Prediction of dam concrete compressive and splitting tensile strength based on wet-screened concrete test results". Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 29 10 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85025632585&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002012
  9. Serra, C.; Batista, A.L.; Monteiro Azevedo, N.. "Dam and wet-screened concrete creep in compression: in situ experimental results and creep strains prediction using model B3 and composite models". Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 49 11 (2016): 4831-4851. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959331285&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1617/s11527-016-0828-2
  10. Serra, C.; Batista, A.L.; Monteiro Azevedo, N.. "Effect of wet screening in the elastic properties of dam concrete: Experimental in situ test results and fit to composite models". Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 28 12 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84997125512&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001672
  11. Serra, C.; Batista, A.L.; Tavares De Castro, A.. "Creep of dam concrete evaluated from laboratory and in situ tests". Strain 48 3 (2012): 241-255. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861830520&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1475-1305.2011.00818.x
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Prediction of dam concrete structural properties based on wet-screened test results and mesoscale modelling". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Engenharia Civil, 2018. https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/31247.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018 - 2019 Edifícios com painéis pré-fabricados pesados de alvenaria. Segurança sísmica. Aplicação ao sistema FIORIO de 11 pisos
Supervisor
 Eng. Civil (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2016 Caracterização experimental do comportamento diferido do betão: ensaios de fluência em tração
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Gil Jeurissen Rosa (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Membro do comité técnico da RILEM TC 287-CCS: “Early age and long-term crack width analysis in RC Structures”.
Member
 Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Matériaux Systèmes de Construction et Ouvrages, France
2017 - 2018 Membro do comité técnico 254-CMS: Thermal cracking of massive concrete structures
Member
 Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Matériaux Systèmes de Construction et Ouvrages, France
Distinctions

Award

2025 Best paper award of the 5th International DAM WORLD Conference (DW2025)
2017 3º Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2017
2016 Prémio de Outstanding Paper 2016