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Portugal
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
115
Citations
58932
World Ranking
66
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2018 - Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

C. Guedes Soares is affiliated with the Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Engineering with a focus on Ocean Engineering. Their work spans across several related subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Oceanography.

Their research topics cover various aspects of marine and offshore engineering, which include:

  • Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
  • Wave and Wind Energy Systems
  • Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Maritime Navigation and Safety
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency

Among recent publications, the following papers have been noted, demonstrating contributions to offshore wind turbine technology, reliability analysis, and maritime data analysis:

  • "Review of the current status, technology and future trends of offshore wind farms" (2020) published in Ocean Engineering
  • "Reliability analysis of a floating offshore wind turbine using Bayesian Networks" (2020) published in Ocean Engineering
  • "Data mining approach to shipping route characterization and anomaly detection based on AIS data" (2020) published in Ocean Engineering
  • "A failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbines using AHP-FMEA methodology" (2021) published in Ocean Engineering
  • "Assessment of failure rates and reliability of floating offshore wind turbines" (2022) published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • A.P. Teixeira
  • S.C. Mohapatra
  • Y. Garbatov
  • Haitong Xu
  • Shan Wang

Their research has been published extensively in a range of venues, with a notable concentration in the following journals:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Marine Structures
  • Reliability Engineering & System Safety
  • Journal of Marine Science and Application

Recognition for their work includes prestigious awards such as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2018 and Fellowship status in the same society awarded in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Review of the current status, technology and future trends of offshore wind farms

    H. Díaz;C. Guedes Soares

  • Uncertainties in probabilistic numerical analysis of structures and solids-Stochastic finite elements

    Hermann G. Matthies;Christoph E. Brenner;Christian G. Bucher;C. Guedes Soares

  • Risk assessment in maritime transportation

    C.Guedes Soares;A.P. Teixeira

  • Review and application of Artificial Neural Networks models in reliability analysis of steel structures

    A.A. Chojaczyk;A.P. Teixeira;L.C. Neves;J.B. Cardoso

  • A new trigonometric shear deformation theory for isotropic, laminated composite and sandwich plates

    J.L. Mantari;A.S. Oktem;C. Guedes Soares

  • Reliability of maintained, corrosion protected plates subjected to non-linear corrosion and compressive loads

    C.Guedes Soares;Y. Garbatov

  • OC5 Project Phase II: Validation of Global Loads of the DeepCwind Floating Semisubmersible Wind Turbine

    Amy N. Robertson;Fabian Wendt;Jason M. Jonkman;Wojciech Popko

  • A new higher order shear deformation theory for sandwich and composite laminated plates

    J.L. Mantari;A.S. Oktem;C. Guedes Soares

  • Reliability of pipelines with corrosion defects

    A.P. Teixeira;C. Guedes Soares;T.A. Netto;S.F. Estefen

  • Maritime Traffic Monitoring Based on Vessel Detection, Tracking, State Estimation, and Trajectory Prediction

    Lokukaluge P. Perera;Paulo Oliveira;C. Guedes Soares

  • Use of AIS Data to Characterise Marine Traffic Patterns and Ship Collision Risk off the Coast of Portugal

    P.A.M. Silveira;A.P. Teixeira;C. Guedes Soares

  • Influence of environmental factors on corrosion of ship structures in marine atmosphere

    C. Guedes Soares;Y. Garbatov;A. Zayed;G. Wang

  • Static and dynamic analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates and shells by using a new higher-order shear deformation theory

    J.L. Mantari;A.S. Oktem;C. Guedes Soares

  • Path following control system for a tanker ship model

    Lúcia Moreira;Thor I. Fossen;C. Guedes Soares

  • Representation of double-peaked sea wave spectra

    C. Guedes Soares

  • Simulation modelling of repairable multi-component deteriorating systems for ‘on condition’ maintenance optimisation

    J. Barata;C.Guedes Soares;M. Marseguerra;E. Zio

  • Ship trajectory uncertainty prediction based on a Gaussian Process model

    H. Rong;A.P. Teixeira;C. Guedes Soares

  • Wave energy assessments in the Azores islands

    Liliana Rusu;C. Guedes Soares

  • Model uncertainty in the long-term distribution of wave-induced bending moments for fatigue design of ship structures

    C.Guedes Soares;T. Moan

  • Evaluation of Various Technologies for Wave Energy Conversion in the Portuguese Nearshore

    Dina Silva;Eugen Rusu;Carlos Guedes Soares

  • Numerical modelling to estimate the spatial distribution of the wave energy in the Portuguese nearshore

    Eugen Rusu;C. Guedes Soares

  • Reliability engineering and risk analysis: a practical guide: M. Modarres, M. Kaminskiy and V. Kritsov, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1999, 542 pages

    Carlos Guedes Soares

Frequent Co-Authors

Yordan Garbatov
Yordan Garbatov Instituto Superior Técnico
J.L. Mantari
J.L. Mantari University of New Mexico
Xinping Yan
Xinping Yan Wuhan University of Technology
João Costa Pessoa
João Costa Pessoa Instituto Superior Técnico
Paulo Oliveira
Paulo Oliveira University of Lisbon
Enrico Zio
Enrico Zio Polytechnic University of Milan
Miguel Onorato
Miguel Onorato University of Turin
Efim Pelinovsky
Efim Pelinovsky National Research University Higher School of Economics
Asgeir J. Sørensen
Asgeir J. Sørensen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thor I. Fossen
Thor I. Fossen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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