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José Sena-Cruz

University of Minho

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (8)

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1.

Flexural Behaviour of Post-Tensioned Laminated Glass Beams with Hybrid Strengthening Systems Using Cfrp and Fe-Sma Reinforcements

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Feb 2023
Eduardo N.B. Pereira, Jorge Rocha, Julien Michels and José Sena-Cruz
University of Minho, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minho
Downloads 57 (989,921)

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Fe-SMA strips, CFRP laminates, laminated glass, post-tensioning, recovery stress, hybrid strengthening system

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Exploring Seawater as a Sustainable Resource for the Production of Durable Concrete

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Eduarda Nepomuceno, José Sena-Cruz, Lúcio Lourenço and Eduardo N.B. Pereira
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Minho, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minho
Downloads 52 (1,063,489)

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Seawater concrete, seawater curing, temperature effects, Mechanical properties, stress-strain relationship, shrinkage, creep, analytical modeling

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Feasibility of Mechanical Post-Tensioning of Annealed Glass Beams by Activating Externally Bonded Fe-Sma Reinforcement

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Jorge Rocha, Eduardo N.B. Pereira and José Sena-Cruz
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Minho and University of Minho
Downloads 48 (1,097,529)

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Activated length, Annealed glass, Bond behaviour, Iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA), Post-tensioning, Recovery stress

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Assessment of Bond Durability between Gfrp Bars and Concrete Produced with Seawater Under Seawater Exposure at Different Temperatures

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Dec 2024
Eduarda Nepomuceno, José Sena-Cruz, Lúcio Lourenço and Eduardo N.B. Pereira
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Minho, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minho
Downloads 32 (1,304,549)

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Seawater concrete, GFRP, Bond behavior, bond durability, direct pullout test (DPT), artificial aging, bond strength prediction

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Fatigue behavior of EBR and HB CFRP-to-concrete bonded joints

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Oct 2025
Mehdi Aghabagloo, Laura Carreras, José Sena-Cruz and Marta Baena
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Girona, University of Minho and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 31 (1,332,057)

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fatigue, Externally bonded reinforcement (EBR), Hybrid-bonded (HB), Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), Metallic anchor, Concrete.

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Structural Response of Pur Foam-Filled Sandwich Panels with Metal Face Sheet Subjected to Edgewise Compression: Experimental, Numerical, and Analytical Considerations

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Aug 2023
Pier Giovanni Benzo, João M. Pereira and José Sena-Cruz
University of Minho, University of Minho and University of Minho
Downloads 22 (1,470,786)

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sandwich panel, cold-formed steel, digital image correlation, edgewise compressive test, wrinkling, geometrical imperfections

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Determining the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of FRP–Concrete Hybrid Structural System Constituents: Implementation and Validation of a Strain Gauge–Based Method

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Mar 2026
Marco Abreu Filho, João M. Pereira, Miguel Azenha and José Sena-Cruz
University of Minho, University of Minho, University of Minho and University of Minho
Downloads 20 (1,459,862)

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Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, Strain gauge instrumentation, Hybrid sandwich panels, Thermal strains

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Short- and Long-Term Deflections of Rc Slabs Strengthened with Cfrp Systems Under Sustained Loading and Different Environmental Conditioning

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Jul 2025
Aloys Dushimimana, José Sena-Cruz, João M. Pereira and Luís Correia
University of Minho, University of Minho, University of Minho and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 18 (1,481,165)

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Long-term deflection, Reinforced concrete slab, CFRP-based strengthening technique, Hygrothermal conditioning, Outdoor environment, Creep, Analytical model