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Overview

Flávio de Andrade Silva is affiliated with the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a specialization in Civil and Structural Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Building and Construction, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work focuses mainly on topics related to innovative concrete reinforcement materials, structural behavior of reinforced concrete, concrete and cement materials research, natural fiber reinforced composites, innovations in concrete and construction materials, structural load-bearing analysis, and concrete corrosion and durability.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among the recent papers published by Flávio de Andrade Silva are:

  • Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste towards an application on structural concrete: A review, 2022, Journal of Building Engineering
  • The use of iron ore tailings obtained from the Germano dam in the production of a sustainable concrete, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Semantic segmentation of the micro-structure of strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) by applying deep learning on micro-computed tomography scans, 2020, Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Tensile behavior of strain-hardening geopolymer composites (SHGC) under impact loading, 2020, Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Determination of the fracture parameters of steel fiber-reinforced geopolymer concrete, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Flávio de Andrade Silva collaborates frequently with several co-authors in their field. Key collaborators include:

  • Viktor Mechtcherine
  • Daniel Carlos Taissum Cardoso
  • Marco Liebscher
  • Lourdes Maria Silva de Souza
  • Vitor Moreira de Alencar Monteiro

The research output includes over three hundred publications predominantly in engineering disciplines, contributing extensively to knowledge on construction materials and structural engineering challenges. The work includes the adaptation of recycled aggregates for structural concrete, sustainable concrete production using industrial by-products, and the use of advanced imaging and deep learning methods applied to cement-based composites.

Best Publications

  • The effect of fiber morphology on the tensile strength of natural fibers

    Maria Ernestina Alves Fidelis;Thatiana Vitorino Castro Pereira;Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes;Flávio de Andrade Silva

  • Tensile behavior of high performance natural (sisal) fibers

    Flavio de Andrade Silva;Nikhilesh Chawla;Romildo Dias de Toledo Filho

  • Physical and mechanical properties of durable sisal fiber–cement composites

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho;João de Almeida Melo Filho;Eduardo de Moraes Rego Fairbairn

  • Recommendation of RILEM TC 232-TDT: test methods and design of textile reinforced concrete: Uniaxial tensile test: test method to determine the load bearing behavior of tensile specimens made of textile reinforced concrete

    W. Brameshuber;M. Hinzen;A. Dubey

  • Cracking mechanisms in durable sisal fiber reinforced cement composites

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Barzin Mobasher;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Effect of fiber treatments on the sisal fiber properties and fiber–matrix bond in cement based systems

    Saulo Rocha Ferreira;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Paulo Roberto Lopes Lima;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Durability of compression molded sisal fiber reinforced mortar laminates

    Romildo Dias Toledo Filho;Flávio de Andrade Silva;E.M.R. Fairbairn;João de Almeida Melo Filho

  • Degradation kinetics and aging mechanisms on sisal fiber cement composite systems

    João de Almeida Melo Filho;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Effect of hornification on the structure, tensile behavior and fiber matrix bond of sisal, jute and curauá fiber cement based composite systems

    Saulo Rocha Ferreira;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Paulo Roberto Lopes Lima;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Behaviour of Strain-Hardening Cement-Based Composites Under High Strain Rates

    Viktor Mechtcherine;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Marko Butler;Deju Zhu

  • Coupled strain rate and temperature effects on the tensile behavior of strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) with PVA fibers

    Viktor Mechtcherine;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Steffen Müller;Petr Jun

  • Effects of elevated temperatures on the interface properties of carbon textile-reinforced concrete

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Marko Butler;Simone Hempel;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Effect of fiber shape and morphology on interfacial bond and cracking behaviors of sisal fiber cement based composites

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Barzin Mobasher;Chote Soranakom;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

  • Influence of natural fibers characteristics on the interface mechanics with cement based matrices

    Saulo Rocha Ferreira;Saulo Rocha Ferreira;Marco Pepe;Enzo Martinelli;Flávio de Andrade Silva

  • Effect of elevated temperatures on the mechanical behavior of basalt textile reinforced refractory concrete

    Dimas Alan Strauss Rambo;Flávio de Andrade Silva;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho;Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes

  • Strain rate effect on the tensile behaviour of textile-reinforced concrete under static and dynamic loading

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Marko Butler;Viktor Mechtcherine;Deju Zhu

  • Comparative study on the mechanical behavior and durability of polypropylene and sisal fiber reinforced concretes

    Raylane de Souza Castoldi;Lourdes Maria Silva de Souza;Flávio de Andrade Silva

  • An experimental investigation of the fatigue behavior of sisal fibers

    Flavio de Andrade Silva;Nikhilesh Chawla;Romildo Dias de Toledo Filho

  • On the mechanical behavior of polypropylene, steel and hybrid fiber reinforced self-consolidating concrete

    Vitor Moreira de Alencar Monteiro;Leonardo Reis Lima;Flávio de Andrade Silva

  • The use of iron ore tailings obtained from the Germano dam in the production of a sustainable concrete

    Fernando Nóbrega Mendes Protasio;Roberto Ribeiro de Avillez;Sonia Letichevsky;Flávio de Andrade Silva

  • High speed tensile behavior of sisal fiber cement composites

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Deju Zhu;Barzin Mobasher;Chote Soranakom

  • Fatigue behavior of sisal fiber reinforced cement composites

    Flávio de Andrade Silva;Barzin Mobasher;Romildo Dias Toledo Filho

Frequent Co-Authors

Romildo Dias Toledo Filho
Romildo Dias Toledo Filho Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Barzin Mobasher
Barzin Mobasher Arizona State University
Nikhilesh Chawla
Nikhilesh Chawla Purdue University West Lafayette
Deju Zhu
Deju Zhu Hunan University
Sergio Neves Monteiro
Sergio Neves Monteiro Military Institute of Engineering
Enzo Martinelli
Enzo Martinelli University of Salerno
Surendra P. Shah
Surendra P. Shah Northwestern University
Sabu Thomas
Sabu Thomas Mahatma Gandhi University
Waltraud M. Kriven
Waltraud M. Kriven University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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