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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Portugal
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
54
Citations
12054
World Ranking
940
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Paulo Flores is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and automotive engineering.

Their recent research includes a range of publications covering dynamics, mechanical systems, robotics, and contact mechanics. Notable recent papers include:

  • Contact-impact events with friction in multibody dynamics: Back to basics, 2023, Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • Portuguese higher education students' adaptation to online teaching and learning in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: personal and contextual factors, 2021, Higher Education
  • Contact mechanics for dynamical systems: a comprehensive review, 2021, Multibody System Dynamics

Paulo Flores has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Filipe Marques, Mariana Silva, Miguel Silva, Jorge Ambrósio, and António Fernando Ribeiro. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse research output across mechanical and systems engineering disciplines.

The scientist has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • Multibody System Dynamics
  • Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Robotica

Research topics covered in Paulo Flores's work extend across various domains, including:

  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
  • Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies
  • Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems

Their publications reflect a strong emphasis on the understanding and modeling of physical interactions in mechanical systems, with significant contributions to contact mechanics and friction modeling. This includes analysis of multibody dynamics and systematic approaches to force models applied to engineering challenges.

The academic output also includes interdisciplinary studies, as evidenced by work addressing the adaptation of students in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating an interest in educational contexts alongside engineering research.

Best Publications

  • Compliant contact force models in multibody dynamics : evolution of the Hertz contact theory

    Margarida F. Machado;Pedro Moreira;Paulo Flores;Hamid M. Lankarani

  • On the continuous contact force models for soft materials in multibody dynamics

    Paulo Flores;Margarida F. Machado;Miguel T. Silva;Jorge M. Martins

  • A survey and comparison of several friction force models for dynamic analysis of multibody mechanical systems

    Filipe Marques;Paulo Flores;J. C. Pimenta Claro;Hamid M. Lankarani

  • Revolute joints with clearance in multibody systems

    Paulo Flores;Jorge Ambrósio

  • A study on dynamics of mechanical systems including joints with clearance and lubrication

    Paulo Flores;Jorge Ambrósio;José Carlos Pimenta Claro;H. M. Lankarani

  • Modeling and simulation of wear in revolute clearance joints in multibody systems

    Paulo Flores

  • A comprehensive survey of the analytical, numerical and experimental methodologies for dynamics of multibody mechanical systems with clearance or imperfect joints

    Qiang Tian;Paulo Flores;Hamid M. Lankarani

  • A parametric study on the dynamic response of planar multibody systems with multiple clearance joints

    Paulo Flores

  • Numerical and experimental investigation on multibody systems with revolute clearance joints

    Paulo Flores;C. S. Koshy;H. M. Lankarani;Jorge Ambrósio

  • Dynamic Analysis for Planar Multibody Mechanical Systems with Lubricated Joints

    Paulo Flores;Jorge Ambrósio;J. Pimenta Claro

  • Kinematics and Dynamics of Multibody Systems with Imperfect Joints: Models and Case Studies

    Paulo Flores

  • On the contact detection for contact-impact analysis in multibody systems

    Paulo Flores;Jorge Ambrósio

  • Dynamics of spatial flexible multibody systems with clearance and lubricated spherical joints

    Qiang Tian;Yunqing Zhang;Liping Chen;Paulo Flores

  • Influence of the contact—impact force model on the dynamic response of multi-body systems

    Paulo Flores;Jorge Ambrósio;José Carlos Pimenta Claro;H. M. Lankarani

  • A comparative study of the viscoelastic constitutive models for frictionless contact interfaces in solids

    Janete Alves;Nuno Peixinho;Miguel Tavares da Silva;Paulo Flores

  • MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF RIGID MULTIBODY SYSTEMS WITH TRANSLATIONAL CLEARANCE JOINTS BASED ON THE NONSMOOTH DYNAMICS APPROACH

    Paulo Flores;Remco Leine;Christoph Glocker

  • A new model for dry and lubricated cylindrical joints with clearance in spatial flexible multibody systems

    Qiang Tian;Cheng Liu;Margarida F. Machado;Paulo Flores

  • Study of the effect of contact force model on the dynamic response of mechanical systems with dry clearance joints: computational and experimental approaches

    Cheriyan Sony Koshy;Paulo Flores;Hamid M. Lankarani

  • Contact Force Models for Multibody Dynamics

    Paulo Flores;Hamid M. Lankarani

  • A Parametric Study on the Baumgarte Stabilization Method for Forward Dynamics of Constrained Multibody Systems

    Paulo Flores;Margarida Machado;Eurico Seabra;Miguel Tavares da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamid M. Lankarani
Hamid M. Lankarani Wichita State University
Jorge Ambrósio
Jorge Ambrósio Instituto Superior Técnico
José R. B. Gomes
José R. B. Gomes University of Aveiro
Filipe S. Silva
Filipe S. Silva University of Minho
Joao Pombo
Joao Pombo University of Huddersfield
Haiyan Hu
Haiyan Hu Beijing Institute of Technology
Marco Ceccarelli
Marco Ceccarelli University of Rome Tor Vergata
José A. Teixeira
José A. Teixeira University of Minho
John Rasmussen
John Rasmussen Aalborg University
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho

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