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Edmundo Rafael de Andrade Sérgio. Completed his Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2021/07/20 by the University of Coimbra-Faculty of Sciences and Technology with final grade 17/20 (very good). During his thesis developed work in the areas of Fatigue Crack Growth and Non-linear Finite Element Analysis, beeing its work "Fatigue crack propagation analysis using the GTN damage model" evaluated with grade 20/20. He is a researcher at the University of Coimbra-Center for Mechanical Engineering Materials and Processes (CEEMPRE), participates and/or participated in 2 projects, is author/co-author of 4 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, 6 in international conference proceedings and presented work in 3 international conferences. He has received 3 awards and/or honors during the 5 years of course. Works in the area(s) of Engineering Sciences and Technologies with emphasis on Mechanical Engineering, more concretely in Fatigue Crack Growth and Computational Solid Mechanics-Non-linear Finite Element Analysis subject areas.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
EDMUNDO RAFAEL DE ANDRADE SÉRGIO

Citation names

  • E.R. Sérgio

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5218-0199-A5FD
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6256-2509
Scopus Author Id
57226266993

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 961324785 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Quinta do Consul, 6430-251, Meda, Meda, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/09/14 - 2021/07/20
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Sistemas de Produção
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Fatigue Crack Propagation Analysis Using The GTN Damage Model" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/11/05 - 2019/11/05 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/07/09 - 2018/07/13 Internship Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/02 - Current Métodos computacionais para otimizar o processo de fabrico aditivo SLM
PTDC/EME-EME/31657/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/31 - 2019/10/31 RformBplates .: Melhorar o fabrico de placas bipolares metálicas para células de combustível através do processo de conformação com borracha
PTDC/EMS-TEC/0702/2014
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/10/02 - Current Advanced Productions and Inteligent Systems
LA/P/0112/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/09/02 - Current Centre for Mechanical Enginnering, Materials and Processes
UIDP/00285/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. E.R. Sérgio; Neto, DM; Antunes, F.V.. "Fracture toughness modelling under minor crack extension". Paper presented in CFRAC 2023, 7th International Conference on Computational Modelling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. E.R. Sérgio; D.M. Neto; F.V. Antunes. "Influence of Porous Damage on Fatigue Crack Growth". Paper presented in 5th Iberian Conference on Structural Integrity, Coimbra, 2022.
    Submitted
  2. E.R. Sérgio; J.R. Barros; D.M. Neto; M.C. Oliveira; R.M. Leal; J.L. Alves; L.F. Menezes. "Measurement of the thickness by digital image processing techniques". Paper presented in Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Guimarães, 2019.
    Published
Journal article
  1. E. R. Sérgio; F. V. Antunes; D. M. Neto. "Fatigue Crack Growth Modeling: Effect of the Stress State on Fatigue Enhanced by Microvoid Damage". Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (2025): https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.70008.
    10.1111/ffe.70008
  2. E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes; D.M. Neto. "Improving the fatigue crack growth prediction by accurate calibration of the constitutive material parameters". Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2025.104957.
    10.1016/j.tafmec.2025.104957
  3. Diogo M. Neto; Edmundo Sérgio; André Agra; Fernando V. Antunes. "Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Pre-Strain on Fatigue Crack Growth in AA2024-T351". Metals (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/met15050481.
    10.3390/met15050481
  4. D.M. Neto; T.A. Narciso; E.R. Sérgio; A.S. Cruces; P. Lopez-Crespo; F.V. Antunes. "Fatigue crack growth due to spectrum load produced by trains in a bridge". International Journal of Fatigue (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2024.108706.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2024.108706
  5. L.P. Borrego; J.S. Jesus; R. Branco; J.A.M. Ferreira; F.V. Antunes; D.M. Neto; E.R. Sérgio. "Mechanisms of fatigue crack growth in 7050-T6 aluminium alloy". International Journal of Fatigue (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108830.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2025.108830
  6. Diogo Neto; Joel Jesus; Ricardo Branco; Edmundo Sérgio; Fernando Antunes. "Propagation of a Fatigue Crack Through a Hole". Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17246261.
    10.3390/ma17246261
  7. D.M Neto; S. Hajli; E.R. Sérgio; L. Borrego; J. Jesus; F.V. Antunes; G. Glinka. "Fatigue crack growth in AA6082-T6/AA7050-T6 bi-materials: Effect of plastic zone ahead of crack tip". International Journal of Fatigue (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2024.108423.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2024.108423
  8. E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes; D. Kujawski; D.M. Neto. "Fatigue crack growth: Validation of the Kmax-¿K approach using the GTN damage model". International Journal of Fatigue (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107888.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107888
  9. G.L. Gómez Gonzáles; F.V. Antunes; E.R. Sérgio; J.M. Vasco-Olmo; F.A. Díaz; D.M. Neto. "A comparison between FEM predictions and DIC results of crack tip displacement field in CT specimens made of titanium". Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.104055.
    10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.104055
  10. D.M. Neto; N. Cavaleiro; E.R. Sérgio; J. Jesus; A. Camacho-Reyes; F.V. Antunes. "Effect of crack flank holes on fatigue crack growth". International Journal of Fatigue (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107505.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107505
  11. Edmundo R. Sérgio; Fernando V. Antunes; Diogo M. Neto. "Fatigue crack growth modeling considering a hybrid propagation strategy". Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13950.
    10.1111/ffe.13950
  12. Diogo M. Neto; Edmundo R. Sérgio; Francisco Jesus; James C. Newman, Jr.; Fernando V. Antunes. "Fatigue Crack Propagation under Christmas Tree Load Pattern". Applied Sciences (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031284.
    10.3390/app13031284
  13. Neto, D.M.; Sérgio, E.R.; Borges, M.F.; Borrego, L.P.; Antunes, F.V.. "Effect of load blocks on fatigue crack growth". International Journal of Fatigue 162 (2022): 107001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107001.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107001
  14. D.M. Neto; M.F. Borges; E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes. "Effect of Residual Stresses on Fatigue Crack Growth: A Numerical Study Based on Cumulative Plastic Strain at the Crack Tip". Materials 15 6 (2022): 2156-2156. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15062156.
    Published • 10.3390/ma15062156
  15. J. M. Vasco-Olmo; F. A. Díaz; D. M. Neto; E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes; N. James. "Evaluation of small-scale yielding boundary using digital image correlation results". Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13674.
    Published • 10.1111/ffe.13674
  16. E.R. Sérgio; M.F. Borges; D.M. Neto; F.V. Antunes; J.P. Pais. "Single overloads FCG modeling considering damage accumulation". Procedia Structural Integrity 33 (2021): 1019-1026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2021.10.113.
    Published • 10.1016/j.prostr.2021.10.113
  17. E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes; M.F. Borges; D.M. Neto. "FCG Modelling Considering the Combined Effects of Cyclic Plastic Deformation and Growth of Micro-Voids". Materials 14 15 (2021): 4303-4303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14154303.
    Published • 10.3390/ma14154303
  18. E.R. Sérgio; F.V. Antunes; D.M. Neto; M.F. Borges. "Study on the Influence of the Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman Damage Model on the Fatigue Crack Growth Rate". Metals 11 8 (2021): 1183-1183. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11081183.
    Published • 10.3390/met11081183
  19. J. Jesus; D.M. Neto; R.F. Fernandes; M.F. Borges; F.V. Antunes; E.R. Sérgio. "Effect of remaining ligament on fatigue crack growth". Procedia Structural Integrity 33 (2021): 598-604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2021.10.066.
    Published • 10.1016/j.prostr.2021.10.066
Preprint
  1. Diogo M. Neto; Edmundo Sérgio; André Agra; Fernando V. Antunes. "Numerical Simulation of the Effect of Pre-Strain on Fatigue Crack Growth in AA2024-T351". 2025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202504.0004.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202504.0004.v1
  2. Diogo M Neto; Edmundo Sérgio; André Agra; Fernando V Antunes. "Effect of Pre-Strain on Fatigue Crack Growth in AA2024-T351". 2025. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202502.0064.v1.
    10.20944/preprints202502.0064.v1
  3. E.R. Sérgio; Fernando Antunes; Diogo Neto. "Fatigue crack growth modelling considering a damage regularization approach". 2023. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.168810696.65219888/v1.
    10.22541/au.168810696.65219888/v1
  4. E.R. Sérgio; Fernando Antunes; Diogo Neto. "Fatigue crack growth modelling considering a hybrid propagation strategy". 2022. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.166600821.12943712/v1.
    10.22541/au.166600821.12943712/v1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Fatigue crack propagation analysis using the GTN damage model". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96028.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/06 Fatigue Crack Growth: Effect of Micro-Voids Damage 7th IJFatigue & FFEMS Joint Workshop
IJFatigue & FFEMS (Padova, Italy)
2024/03/01 Numerical Prediction of Fatigue Crack Growth: Effect of The Material Constitutive Model Portuguese Conference on Fracture 2024
Portuguese Structural Integrity Society (Setúbal, Portugal)
2023/06/22 Fracture Toughness Modeling Under Minor Crack Extension Seventh International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures
Eccomas Thematic Conferences (Praga, Czech Republic)
2022/05/17 Fatigue failure in metallic materials Encontro Ciência 2022
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/04/12 Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction Considering Cyclic Plastic Strain and Micro-void Modelling Characterisation of Crack/Notch Tip Fields
6th IJFatigue and FFEMS Joint Workshop (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2022/03/30 Influence of Porous Damage On Fatigue Crack Growth 5th Iberian Conference on Structural Integrity
Portuguese Structural Integrity Society (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/05/27 Prediction Of Fatigue Crack Growth Using a Damage Model 26th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity
Italian Group of Fracture (Turim, Italy)
2019/06/03 Measurement Of The Thickness Distribution By Digital Image Processing Techniques Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering
Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional (Guimarães, Portugal)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/07/21 Effect of variable amplitude loading on fatigue crack growth
Supervisor
 Francisco Conde Jesus (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/06/01 - 2025/10/31 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (1872-7638) Elsevier
2025/10/01 - 2025/10/08 International Journal of Fatigue (1879-3452) Elsevier
2025/09/01 - 2025/09/10 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (1096-1216) Elsevier
2024/01/25 - 2024/03/11 Materials Characterization (1873-4189) Elsevier
2024/01/28 - 2024/02/07 International Journal of Structural Integrity (1757-9864) Emerald Publishing Limited
2023/06/04 - 2023/06/16 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (1879-2162) Elsevier
2022/11/20 - 2022/11/30 International Journal of Fracture (1573-2673) Springer

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/05 - 2021/05 Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Mecânica da Associação Académica de Coimbra

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/05/15 - 2021/05/16 Jury in the national phase of EBEC: European BEST Engineering Competition Board of European Students of Technology -Coimbra Local group, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2020 UC Merit Award (Top 5% best students in Mechanical Engeenering)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 UC Merit Award (Top 5% best students in Mechanical Engeenering)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Top 3% students in Mechanical Engineering
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal