João Pedro Marçal Neves Costa (9318-AAB8-EF8C)

Curriculum Vitae

João Pedro Marçal Neves Costa

João Neves Costa is a PhD candidate in leaders for technical industries at Instituto Superior Técnico. He received a BSc in mechanical engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico. He has 8 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and his research interests involve railways, multibody dynamics, finite element modeling, and design of computer experiments.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: João Pedro Marçal Neves Costa

Citation names

Neves Costa, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9318-AAB8-EF8C
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8261-406X

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/02/03 - 2020 Ongoing	Leaders for Technical Industries (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2010/09/17 - 2015 Concluded	MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Licenciatura) Major in Produção Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Railway Dynamics with Flexible Tracks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09 - 2020/03	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, United States

2018/06 - 2019/02	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, United States

2018/02 - 2018/06	Research Trainee (Research)	Infraestruturas de Portugal SA, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/02/18 - 2019/07/31	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2018/02/19 - 2018/07/27	Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper

Costa, João. "Railway Vehicle Dynamics Interaction with a Flexible Track". Paper presented in SEMC 2019 - The Seventh International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, 2019.
Costa, João. "Recent Developments in Track Flexibility Modelling and Analysis for High Speed Rail Operations". Paper presented in World Congress of Railway Research, Milan, 2016.

Journal article

Mariana A. Costa; João N. Costa; António R. Andrade; Jorge Ambrósio. "Combining wavelet analysis of track irregularities and vehicle dynamics simulations to assess derailment risks". Vehicle System Dynamics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2022.2039724.
10.1080/00423114.2022.2039724
Y. Bezin; B. Sambo; H. Magalhaes; W. Kik; G. Megna; J. N. Costa. "Challenges and methodology for pre-processing measured and new rail profiles to efficiently simulate wheel-rail interaction in switches and crossings". Vehicle System Dynamics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2021.2014897.
10.1080/00423114.2021.2014897
J. Pagaimo; H. Magalhães; J. N. Costa; J. Ambrósio. "Derailment study of railway cargo vehicles using a response surface methodology". Vehicle System Dynamics 60 1 (2022): 309-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2020.1815810.
10.1080/00423114.2020.1815810
N. Costa, J.; Antunes, P.; Magalhães, H.; Pombo, J.; Ambrósio, J.. "A finite element methodology to model flexible tracks with arbitrary geometry for railway dynamics applications". Computers & Structures 254 (2021): 106519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106519.
10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106519
JN Costa; P Antunes; H Magalhães; J Pombo; J Ambrósio. "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://doi.org/10.1177/0954409720945420.
10.1177/0954409720945420
J. N. Costa; J. Ambrósio; D. Frey; A. R. Andrade. "A multivariate statistical representation of railway track irregularities using ARMA models". Vehicle System Dynamics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2021.1912365.
10.1080/00423114.2021.1912365
Antunes, P.; Magalhães, H.; Ambrósio, J.; Pombo, J.; Costa, J.. "A co-simulation approach to the wheel–rail contact with flexible railway track". Multibody System Dynamics 45 2 (2019): 245-272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85055705825&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s11044-018-09646-0
Costa, J.; Antunes, P.; Magalhães, H.; Ambrósio, J.; Pombo, J.. "Development of flexible track models for railway vehicle dynamics applications". Civil-Comp Proceedings 110 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964408893&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019/09	Development of a Finite Element Formulation with Curved Beams Elements for Application to 3D Flexible Track Models	CIVIL-COMP 2019 - The Sixth International Conference on Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Computing (Riva del Garda, Italy)
2019/09	Railway Vehicle Dynamics Interaction with a Flexible Track	SEMC 2019 - The Seventh International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (Cape Town, South Africa)
2018/09	Powertrain and braking modelling for dynamic analysis of railway vehicles running at variable speed	Railways 2018 - The Fourth International Conference on Railway Technology (Barcelona, Spain)
2016/05	Recent Developments in Track Flexibility Modelling and Analysis for High Speed Rail Operations	World Congress of Railway Research 2016 (Milan, Italy)
2016/04	Development of Flexible Track Models for Railway Vehicle Dynamics Applications	Railways 2016 - The Third International Conference on Railway Technology (Cagliari, Italy)