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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
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. "Prevention of Alkali-Silica Reaction in massive concrete structures: Laboratory and field correlation". Paper presented in Concrete 2021, 2021.
    Published
  2. "The diagnosis and prognosis of ASR in dams. Application to Alto Ceira dam (Portugal)". Paper presented in Fourth International Dam World Conference, 2021.
  3. "Particle model for the prediction of long-term deformability properties of dam concrete". Paper presented in SynerCrete’18, Funchal, 2018.
    Published
  4. "Overview on the multi-decade database of Portuguese large concrete dams monitoring data". Paper presented in SynerCrete’18, Funchal, 2018.
    Published
  5. "Comprehensive analysis of the concrete deformability test results of Portuguese large dams". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference Dam World, 2015.
    Published
  6. "Viscoelastic concrete behaviour analysis using rigid particle detailed modelling". Paper presented in Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia, 2015.
    Published
  7. "Contributions of applied metrology for concrete dam monitoring". Paper presented in Hydropower'15, Stavanger, 2015.
  8. "Analysis and interpretation of the structural behaviour of Alqueva dam during the first filling of the reservoir". 2011.
    Published
  9. "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
  10. "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. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. "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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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

2017 3º Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2017
2016 Prémio de Outstanding Paper 2016