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Overview

Álvaro Cunha is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal, with a primary focus in engineering, particularly within civil and structural engineering. Their research outputs span 83 publications in engineering fields, with significant concentration in subfields such as civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, control and systems engineering, and statistics, probability, and uncertainty.

The main research topics addressed by Álvaro Cunha include structural health monitoring techniques, dam engineering and safety, structural engineering and vibration analysis, infrastructure maintenance and monitoring, hydraulic flow and structures, concrete corrosion and durability, and seismic performance and analysis.

Recent publications highlight their ongoing contributions to the field. These include:

  • "Vibration-based damage detection of a concrete arch dam" (2021), published in Engineering Structures
  • "The role of modal parameters uncertainty estimation in automated modal identification, modal tracking and data normalization" (2020), published in Engineering Structures
  • "An artificial accelerogram generator code written in Matlab" (2020), published in Engineering Reports
  • "Fatigue Assessment of Wind Turbine Towers: Review of Processing Strategies with Illustrative Case Study" (2022), published in Energies
  • "Modal identification of concrete dams under natural excitation" (2021), published in Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring

Álvaro Cunha frequently publishes in certain venues, with the most publications appearing in:

  • Engineering Structures (7 publications)
  • Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (3 publications)
  • EURODYN (3 publications)
  • Revista fisio&terapia. (3 publications)
  • Energies (2 publications)

Their research collaboration network includes several frequent co-authors, who have contributed to multiple works alongside them. These include Sérgio Pereira, Filipe Magalhães, Jorge Pereira Gomes, Carlos Moutinho, and João Pacheco.

Best Publications

  • Vibration based structural health monitoring of an arch bridge: From automated OMA to damage detection

    F. Magalhães;A. Cunha;E. Caetano

  • Online automatic identification of the modal parameters of a long span arch bridge

    Filipe Magalhães;Álvaro Cunha;Elsa Caetano

  • Ambient vibration re-testing and operational modal analysis of the Humber Bridge

    J.M.W. Brownjohn;Filipe Magalhaes;Elsa Caetano;Alvaro Cunha

  • Vanadium redox flow batteries: a technology review

    Álvaro Cunha;Jorge Martins;Nuno Rodrigues;F. P. Brito

  • Explaining operational modal analysis with data from an arch bridge

    Filipe Magalhães;Álvaro Cunha

  • Dynamic Tests on Large Cable-Stayed Bridge

    Álvaro Cunha;Elsa Caetano;Raimundo Delgado

  • Damping Estimation Using Free Decays and Ambient Vibration Tests

    Filipe Magalhães;Álvaro Cunha;Elsa Caetano;Rune Brincker

  • Dynamic monitoring of a long span arch bridge

    Filipe Magalhães;Álvaro Cunha;Elsa Caetano

  • Structural health monitoring of offshore wind turbines using automated operational modal analysis

    Christof Devriendt;Filipe Magalhães;Wout Weijtjens;Gert De Sitter

  • Automated modal identification and tracking: Application to an iron arch bridge

    Alessandro Cabboi;Filipe Magalhães;Carmelo Gentile;Álvaro Cunha

  • Studies for controlling human-induced vibration of the Pedro e Inês footbridge, Portugal. Part 2: Implementation of tuned mass dampers

    Elsa Caetano;Álvaro Cunha;Carlos Moutinho;Filipe Magalhães

  • Studies for controlling human-induced vibration of the Pedro e Ines footbridge, Portugal. Part 1: Assessment of dynamic behaviour

    Elsa Caetano;Álvaro Cunha;Filipe Magalhães;Carlos Moutinho

  • Recent perspectives in dynamic testing and monitoring of bridges

    A. Cunha;E. Caetano;F. Magalhães;C. Moutinho

  • FROM INPUT-OUTPUT TO OUTPUT-ONLY MODAL IDENTIFICATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

    Álvaro Cunha;Elsa Caetano

  • On vibration-based damage detection by multivariate statistical techniques: Application to a long-span arch bridge

    Gabriele Comanducci;Filipe Magalhães;Filippo Ubertini;Álvaro Cunha

  • Measurement of concrete E-modulus evolution since casting: A novel method based on ambient vibration

    Miguel Azenha;Miguel Azenha;Filipe Magalhães;Rui Faria;Álvaro Cunha

  • Ambient and free vibration tests of the Millau Viaduct: Evaluation of alternative processing strategies

    Filipe Magalhães;Elsa Caetano;Álvaro Cunha;Olivier Flamand

  • Investigation of dynamic cable–deck interaction in a physical model of a cable‐stayed bridge. Part I: modal analysis

    Elsa Caetano;Álvaro Cunha;Colin Anthony Taylor

  • Cable-deck dynamic interactions at the International Guadiana Bridge: On-site measurements and finite element modelling

    Elsa Caetano;Alvaro Cunha;Vincenzo Gattulli;Marco Lepidi

  • Continuous dynamic monitoring of a lively footbridge for serviceability assessment and damage detection

    Wei-Hua Hu;Carlos Moutinho;Elsa Caetano;Filipe Magalhães

  • Damping Estimation Using Free Decays and Ambient Vibration Tests

    Filipe Magalhães;Rune Brincker;Álvaro Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Filipe Magalhães
Filipe Magalhães University of Porto
Rui Calçada
Rui Calçada University of Porto
James M. W. Brownjohn
James M. W. Brownjohn University of Exeter
G. De Roeck
G. De Roeck KU Leuven
Patrick Guillaume
Patrick Guillaume Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bart Peeters
Bart Peeters Siemens (Belgium)
Rune Brincker
Rune Brincker Technical University of Denmark
José A.F.O. Correia
José A.F.O. Correia University of Porto
João L. Afonso
João L. Afonso University of Minho

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