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Portugal
2025

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
110
Citations
44702
World Ranking
81
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Jorge de Brito is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and has a significant publication record in the field of engineering, particularly focusing on building and construction.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Engineering

Within this broad area, de Brito has concentrated on several subfields:

  • Building and Construction
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Social Psychology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering

Key research topics covered in de Brito's work are:

  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Facilities and Workplace Management
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

Frequently published venues include:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Materials
  • Applied Sciences
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Jorge de Brito are:

  • The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Bond behaviour of high-strength steel rebars in normal (NSC) and ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) (2020, Journal of Building Engineering)
  • Mechanical behaviour of structural concrete with ground recycled concrete cement and mixed recycled aggregate (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Multi-criteria optimization of recycled aggregate concrete mixes (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Durability and shrinkage performance of concrete made with coarse multi-recycled concrete aggregates (2020, Construction and Building Materials)

Frequent co-authors working closely with Jorge de Brito include:

  • José Dinis Silvestre
  • Inês Flores-Colen
  • Rui V. Silva
  • Arash Karimipour
  • Ana Silva

In addition to journal publications, Jorge de Brito has contributed to book literature, with a publication titled Maintainability of Building Envelope Elements (2022), part of the Springer series in reliability engineering.

Best Publications

  • Properties and composition of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste suitable for concrete production

    R.V. Silva;J. de Brito;R.K. Dhir

  • Durability performance of concrete made with fine recycled concrete aggregates

    Luís Evangelista;J. de Brito

  • Use of plastic waste as aggregate in cement mortar and concrete preparation: A review

    Nabajyoti Saikia;Jorge de Brito

  • Mechanical properties and abrasion behaviour of concrete containing shredded PET bottle waste as a partial substitution of natural aggregate

    Nabajyoti Saikia;Nabajyoti Saikia;Jorge de Brito

  • Mechanical performance of concrete made with aggregates from construction and demolition waste recycling plants

    Miguel Bravo;Jorge de Brito;Jorge Pontes;Luís Evangelista

  • Mechanical behaviour of non-structural concrete made with recycled ceramic aggregates

    J. de Brito;A.S. Pereira;J.R. Correia

  • Mechanical properties of concrete produced with recycled coarse aggregates – Influence of the use of superplasticizers

    D. Matias;J. de Brito;A. Rosa;D. Pedro

  • Establishing a relationship between modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete

    Rui Vasco Silva;Jorge de Brito;Ravindra Kumar Dhir

  • Concrete made with used tyre aggregate: durability-related performance

    Miguel Bravo;Jorge de Brito

  • Influence of the pre-saturation of recycled coarse concrete aggregates on concrete properties

    Luis Ferreira;Jorge de Brito;Marilda Barra

  • The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

    Jorge de Brito;Rawaz Kurda

  • The influence of curing conditions on the mechanical performance of concrete made with recycled concrete waste

    N. Fonseca;J. de Brito;Luís Evangelista

  • Recycled Aggregate in Concrete: Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste

    Jorge de Brito;Nabajyoti Saikia

  • Carbonation behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete

    R.V. Silva;R. Neves;J. de Brito;R.K. Dhir

  • Evaluation of the durability of concrete made with crushed glass aggregates

    Sara de Castro;Jorge de Brito

  • Influence of the use of recycled concrete aggregates from different sources on structural concrete

    D. Pedro;J. de Brito;L. Evangelista

  • The effect of superplasticisers on the workability and compressive strength of concrete made with fine recycled concrete aggregates

    P. Pereira;L. Evangelista;J. de Brito

  • The influence of the use of recycled aggregates on the compressive strength of concrete: a review

    R.V. Silva;J. de Brito;R.K. Dhir

  • Durability performance of concrete with recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste plants

    Miguel Bravo;Jorge de Brito;Jorge Pontes;Luís Evangelista

  • Use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in geotechnical applications: A literature review.

    Rafaela Cardoso;Rui Vasco Silva;Jorge de Brito;Ravindra Dhir

Frequent Co-Authors

José Dinis Silvestre
José Dinis Silvestre Instituto Superior Técnico
Ravindra K. Dhir
Ravindra K. Dhir University of Birmingham
Fernando A. Branco
Fernando A. Branco Instituto Superior Técnico
João R. Correia
João R. Correia Instituto Superior Técnico
Vivian W.Y. Tam
Vivian W.Y. Tam Western Sydney University
Chi Sun Poon
Chi Sun Poon Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Timothy G. Townsend
Timothy G. Townsend University of Florida
Umberto Arena
Umberto Arena University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
James F. White
James F. White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
João A. Labrincha
João A. Labrincha University of Aveiro

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