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  1. Close-Range Photogrammetry for 3D Rock Joint Roughness Evaluation

    Article • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  2. Railway track support condition assessment—Initial developments on a vehicle-based monitoring solution through modal analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, January 2022, SAGE Publications

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  3. A geotecnia nos pavimentos e vias-férreas e prospetivas para a era digital

    Article • Geotecnia, August 2021, Coimbra University Press

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  4. Subgrade reinforcement of old railway tracks using short soil–binder columns – Laboratory studies and field tests

    Article • Transportation Geotechnics, July 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  5. Geomechanical assessment of an inert steel slag aggregate as an alternative ballast material for heavy haul rail tracks

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  6. Dynamic Behavior in Transition Zones and Long-Term Railway Track Performance

    Article • Frontiers in Built Environment, March 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  7. Abrasion evolution of steel furnace slag aggregate for railway ballast: 3D morphology analysis of scanned particles by close-range photogrammetry

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  8. Long-term behaviour of railway tracks considering ballast and subballast permanent deformation

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, October 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  9. An assessment of contact and laser-based scanning of rock particles for railway ballast

    Article • Transportation Geotechnics, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  10. Transfer Learning for Pavement Performance Prediction

    Article • International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  11. Laboratory evaluation of mechanical behavior of inert steel slag ballast for heavy haul rail track

    Article • Transportation Geotechnics, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  12. Particle morphology’s influence on the rail ballast behaviour of a steel slag aggregate

    Article • Environmental Geotechnics, May 2019, ICE Publishing

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  13. Machine learning approach for pavement performance prediction

    Article • International Journal of Pavement Engineering, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  14. Smartphone’s Sensing Capabilities for On-Board Railway Track Monitoring: Structural Performance and Geometrical Degradation Assessment

    Article • Advances in Civil Engineering, February 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Dr Andre Paixao, Rui Calçada

  15. Development of a Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Model for Pavement Maintenance at the Network Level: Application of the MACBETH Approach

    Article • Frontiers in Built Environment, January 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  16. Photogrammetry for digital reconstruction of railway ballast particles – A cost-efficient method

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Dr Andre Paixao

  17. Short soil–binder columns in railway track reinforcement: three–dimensional numerical studies considering the train–track interaction

    Article • Computers and Geotechnics, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Dr Andre Paixao

  18. Numerical simulations to improve the use of under sleeper pads at transition zones to railway bridges

    Article • Engineering Structures, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  19. An integrated monitoring system for continuous evaluation of railway tracks for efficient asset management

    Article • May 2018, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  20. Comprehensive performance indicators for road pavement condition assessment

    Article • Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  21. A study on the dynamic train-track interaction over cut-fill transitions on buried culverts

    Article • Computers & Structures, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Dr Andre Paixao

  22. Some results on the properties and behavior of railway ballast

    Article • June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Dr Andre Paixao

  23. Large scale specimens: a bridge between laboratory and industrial applications

    Article • Geotechnical Testing Journal, May 2017, ASTM International

    Carlos Rodrigues, Jorge Cruz, Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Nuno Bravo de Faria Cruz

  24. Machine Learning for Pavement Friction Prediction Using Scikit-Learn

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  25. A contribution for integrated analysis of railway track performance at transition zones and other discontinuities

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  26. A Numerical Study on the Stress Changes in the Ballast Due to Train Passages

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  27. Non-Linear Behaviour of Geomaterials in Railway Tracks under Different Loading Conditions

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  28. Railways Track Characterization Using Ground Penetrating Radar

    Article • Procedia Engineering, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  29. Rock joint topography: three-dimensional scanning and numerical analysis

    Article • Géotechnique Letters, December 2015, ICE Publishing

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  30. The effect of differential settlements on the dynamic response of the train–track system

    Article • Engineering Structures, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  31. A numerical study on the influence of backfill settlements in the train/track interaction at transition zones to railway bridges

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, March 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  32. Transition zones to railway bridges: Track measurements and numerical modelling

    Article • Engineering Structures, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  33. Caracterização e modelação numérica da rugosidade de descontinuidades rochosas

    Article • Geotecnia, November 2014, Coimbra University Press

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  34. Under sleeper pads in transition zones at railway underpasses

    Article • Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Rui Calçada

  35. GPR Laboratory Tests For Railways Materials Dielectric Properties Assessment

    Article • Remote Sensing, October 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  36. Evaluation of ballast fouling using GPR

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  37. Vibration propagation in discrete element particle models of rock

    Article • May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  38. On the use of under sleeper pads in transition zones at railway underpasses: experimental field testing

    Article • Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  39. Numerical Modelling of Railway Bridge Approaches: Influence of Soil Non-Linearity

    Article • International Journal of Railway Technology, January 2014, Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  40. Design and construction of backfills for railway track transition zones

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, August 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  41. Railway Track Transition Zones: Design, Construction, Monitoring and Numerical Modelling

    Article • International Journal of Railway Technology, January 2013, Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  42. Track Substructure Assessment using Non-Destructive Load Tests. A Portuguese Case Study

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  43. Improving the use of unbound granular materials in railway sub-ballast layer

    Article • September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  44. Case Study to Promote the Use of Industrial Byproducts: The Relevance of Performance Tests

    Article • February 2012, ASTM International

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  45. Case Study to Promote the Use of Industrial Byproducts: The Relevance of Performance Tests

    Article • February 2012, ASTM International

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  46. Case Study to Promote the Use of Industrial Byproducts: The Relevance of Performance Tests

    Article • Journal of ASTM International, January 2012, ASTM International

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato, Prof. Antonio Gomes Correia

  47. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FOULED BALLAST LAYER IN THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF A 19TH CENTURY RAILWAY TRACK UNDER RENEWAL

    Article • SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  48. Emerging trends for high-speed rail track superstructures—ballastless track as an alternative to the ballasted track

    Article • June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  49. Current State of the Use of Recycled Materials in Geotechnical Works in Portugal

    Article • May 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  50. Rail track structural analysis using three-dimensional numerical models

    Article • June 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  51. Non-linear Elastic Behaviour of Unbound Aggregates in FEM representing Railway Transition Zones

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  52. Non Destructive Tests for Evaluation of Railway Platforms: Application of Ground Penetrating Radar

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  53. The Falling Weight Deflectometer: Application to Railway Substructure Evaluation

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Dr Andre Paixao, Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  54. Non-Destructive Tests for Railway Infrastructure Stiffness Evaluation

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  55. Geotechnical Aspects of the Rehabilitation of a Freight Railway Line in Africa

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato

  56. Dynamic Train-Track Interaction over Inhomogeneous Foundations

    Article • Civil-Comp, Ltd.

    Professor Eduardo Fortunato