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Pedro Miguel Martins Brito. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia Mecânica.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Miguel Martins Brito

Citation names

  • Brito, Pedro M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A910-6551-8B79
Scopus Author Id
57216933922

Email addresses

  • pedro.brito@dem.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/01 - 2025/09/01
Ongoing
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Mecânica (Doutoramento)
Major in Aerodinâmica, Riscos Naturais and Tecnológicos
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014/09/15 - 2019/07/17
Concluded
 Engenharia Mecânica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Energia e Ambiente
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Numerical prediction of aeolian erosion on tandem sand piles using LES turbulence models" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18.3 (0-20)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/06/01 - 2026/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Strong winds and high-rise buildings: peak surface pressure evaluation and pedestrian-level comfort mapping via Large Eddy Simulation
2020.05688.BD
10.54499/2020.05688.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica
UIDB/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020
PhD Student Fellow
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
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado de Energia, Transportes e Aeronáutica
UIDP/50022/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020
PhD Student Fellow
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
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Laboratório Associado em Energia, Transportes e Aeroespacial
LA/P/0079/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0079/2020
PhD Student Fellow
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
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo D.; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. Corresponding author: Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "Predicting vortex-induced vibration in single-axis solar tracker using OpenFOAM". Paper presented in 6th FOAM@Iberia, Ferrol, 2024.
    Published
  2. Brito, Pedro M.; Almerindo Domingues Ferreira; Antonio A C Sousa. "CFD STUDY ON IRWIN PROBE FLOWS USING OPENFOAM". Paper presented in The 16th OpenFOAM Workshop, Dublin, 2021.
    Published
  3. Ferreira, Almerindo Domingues; Brito, Pedro M.; Thiis, Thomas; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "A LES study in the wind flow over 2D piles". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Beijing, 2019.
  4. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo Domingues. "On the numerical prediction of aeolian erosion phenomena on tandem sand piles through Large Eddy Simulation". Paper presented in FOAM@Iberia 2019: 3rd Iberian meeting on OpenFOAM, Porto, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Almerindo Domingues; Brito, Pedro M.; Thiss, Thomas; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "A LES study on the wind flow over 2D piles". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Beijing, China, 2019.
Journal article
  1. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo D.; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "Aeroelastic simulation of torsional vibrations in a single-axis solar tracker". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 265 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2025.106190.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jweia.2025.106190
  2. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo D.; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "Quality assessment of peak pressure estimates in high-rise building using large eddy simulation". Building and Environment (2025): 113590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113590.
    10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113590
  3. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo D.; Sousa, Antonio C.M.. "A CFD study on the Irwin probe flows". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 219 (2021): 104808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104808.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104808
  4. Brito, Pedro M.; Ferreira, Almerindo Domingues; Sousa, Antonio C.M.; Thiis, Thomas. "Prediction of erosion intermittency using Large Eddy Simulation". Geomorphology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107179.
    Accepted
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/04 Predicting vortex-induced vibrations in single-axis solar tracker using OpenFOAM 6th FOAM@Iberia Meeting of OpenFOAM users
Unirversidade da Coruña (Ferrol, Spain)
2019/06/12 On the numerical prediction of aeolian erosion phenomena on tandem sand piles through Large Eddy Simulation FOAM@Iberia 2019: 3rd Iberian meeting on OpenFOAM
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - 2023/07/09 Numerical modelling of flow past photovoltaic panels
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/07/10 Fluid-Structure Interaction On Engine Blades Manufacturing
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ines Filipa Fornelos do Carmo (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2019 Prémio 3% dos Melhores Estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 Prémio 3% dos Melhores Estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017 Prémio 3% dos Melhores Estudantes
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Menção Honrosa - Melhor Aluno do DEM-UC 2018/2019
Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Mecânica - NEEMAAC, Portugal