Journal article
Hoult, R., Correia, A. A., Bertholet, A., Candeias, P., Cumunel, G., Doneux, C., Garnier, D., Han, Y., Isakovic, T., Janevski, A., Lo Feudo, S., Orgnoni, A., Payen, B., Palermo, D., Pinho, R., Ribeiro, F., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Shake-table tests on two 40-ton reinforced concrete U-shaped walls with uniaxial and bidirectional-torsional response. Earthquake Spectra, 41(5), 4195-4226. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930251378247 (Original work published 2025)
Orgnoni, A., Pinho, R., Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Numerical simulation of the shake-table response of a U-shaped RC wall using the Applied Element Method. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-025-02272-0 (Original work published 2025)
Bouckaert, I., Piedboeuf, A., Godio, M., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Modal analysis and superposition for dynamic response of structures with discontinuities using HybriDFEM. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 249(July), 104360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2025.104360 (Original work published 2025)
Lo Feudo, S., Han, Y., Cumunel, G., Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Video Tracking of Targets for Vibration Measurement of Large-Scale Structures Under Seismic Excitation. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 54(8), 2106-2120. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.4353 (Original work published 2025)
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Hoult, R. (2025). Guest editorial: Advances on modelling and design of RC structural wall systems. Blind prediction and postdiction simulations of U-shaped wall tests. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 24(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-025-02329-0 (Original work published 2025)
Zacchei, E., Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Influence of chloride and corrosion attack on the seismic resistance of reinforced concrete walls under alternative climate scenarios. Structural Concrete, 26(2), 2162-2181. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.70038 (Original work published 2025)
Bouckaert, I., Godio, M., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element method for biaxially-discretized structures. Structures, 71(107954), 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.107954 (Original work published 2025)
Conference paper
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Hoult, R. (2025). Seismic Residual Displacements of RC U-shaped Core Walls: Preliminary Findings. 2025 International Workshop in Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies, Lisbon, Portugal.
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2025). Warping Torque of Symmetrical Non-Planar Open RC Sections. Concrete 2025 – Concrete Solutions for a Sustainable Future, Adelaide, Australia.
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Hoult, R., & Zoller, A. (2025). Influence of surface conditions and embedment length on the bond-slip response of GFRP rebars in concrete. CICE2025 - 12th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.
Conference paper
Feron, J., Payen, B., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Latteur, P. (2024). MUSCLE: a new open-source Grasshopper plug-in for the interactive design of tensegrity structures. International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) 2024, Zurich.
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Hoult, R., Payen, B., & Correia, A. (2024). Effective stiffness of non-rectangular reinforced concrete walls for seismic design and assessment. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milano, Italy.
Hoult, R., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Correia. (2024). Overview and blind prediction from shake table tests of a large-scale RC U-shaped core wall. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milano.
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Hoult, R., Bertholet, A., Candeias, P., Carvalho, A., Correia, A. A., Cumunel, G., Doneux, C., Han, Y., Isakovic, T., Janevski, A., Lo Feudo, S., Mihaylov, B., Orgnoni, A., Payen, B., Palermo, D., Pinho, R., Ribeiro, F., Simar, A., & Sousa, M. L. (2024). Shake-table testing of two u-shaped RC walls: Overview of the project ERIES-ALL4wALL. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milano, Italy.
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Ongoing experimental programmes on RC walls reinforced with iron-based shape memory alloy rebars. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milano, Italy.
Costa, A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Rosière, L., Lopes, V., & Guedes, J. (2024). Influence of modelling methods in the assessment of the seismic behaviour of masonry brick chimneys. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024).
Bouckaert, I., Michele Godio, Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & et al. (2024). Assessment of the in-plane capacity of masonry walls with the Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element Method. 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024), Milano.
Journal article
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Modified compression field theory and disturbed stress field model on the simulation of the global and local behaviour of non-planar reinforced concrete walls under cyclic and dynamic loading. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-01982-1 (Original work published 2024)
FERON, J., Latteur, P., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Static Modal Analysis: A Review of Static Structural Analysis Methods Through a New Modal Paradigm. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 31(4), 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-024-10082-x (Original work published 2024)
Blandón, C. A., Arteta, C., Bonett, R., Carrillo, J., Beyer, K., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Experimental and numerical evaluation of a U-shaped thin lightly reinforced concrete wall tested under cyclic loading. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-01994-x (Original work published 2024)
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Payen, B., Hoult, R., & Correia, A. A. (2024). Non-Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Walls: Assessing Effective Stiffness and Influence of Axial Load Ratio and Eccentricity with Beam-truss Models. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. Submitted. (Original work published 2024)
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Torque Capacity of U- and H-Shaped Reinforced Concrete Walls Using Warping-Equivalent Bending Moment. ACI Structural Journal, 121(4), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.14359/51740574 (Original work published 2024)
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). Flexure–Torsion Response of Compressed Open Reinforced-Concrete Cores: Experimental Strain Gradients, Numerical Methods, and Interaction Diagrams. Journal of Structural Engineering, 150(9). https://doi.org/10.1061/jsendh.steng-13147 (Original work published 2024)
Bouckaert, I., Godio, M., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2024). A Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element method for continuous and discontinuous beam-like members including nonlinear geometric and material effects. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 112770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2024.112770 (Original work published 2024)
Journal article
Hoult, R., Doneux, C., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2023). Tests on reinforced concrete U-shaped walls subjected to torsion and flexure. Earthquake Spectra, I(26). https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231195315 (Original work published 2023)
Costa, A. A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Rosière, L., Valter, L., & Guedes, J. M. (2023). Comparative study of methods for analysing the seismic behaviour of a masonry chimney. Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas, III(2), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.34638/rpee-sIII-n22 (Original work published 2023)
Baena Urrea, J., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & et al. (2023). Material-tangent-stiffness-proportional viscous damping for nonlinear geometric inelastic frame analysis. Material-tangent-stiffness-proportional viscous dampingfor nonlinear geometric inelastic frame analysis, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.3871 (Original work published 2023)
Hoult, R., Correia, A. A., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2023). Beam-Truss Models to Simulate the Axial-Flexural-Torsional Performance of RC U-Shaped Wall Buildings. CivilEng, 4(1), 292-310. https://doi.org/10.3390/civileng4010017 (Original work published 2023)
Hoult, R., Bertholet, A., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2023). Core versus Surface Sensors for Reinforced Concrete Structures: A Comparison of Fiber-Optic Strain Sensing to Conventional Instrumentation. Sensors, 23(3), 1745. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031745 (Original work published 2023)
Conference paper
Cavalieri, F., Calò, M., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Pinho, R. (2022). Axially equilibrated displacement-based fibre beam element for bidirectional response modelling. The New Boundaries of Structural Concrete, Lecce, Italy.
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., De Visscher, S., Varum, H., & Correia, A. A. (2022). The second generation of Eurocode 8: comparison between the new displacement-based and force-based design approaches for RC MRFs. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Hoult, R., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Doneux, C. (2022). A blind prediction of the seismic and torsional performance of RC Ushaped core walls. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Baena Urrea, J., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). Tangent-stiffness-proportional viscous damping independent of the geometric stiffness matrix. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). The plastic hinge length of planar and non-planar RC walls. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Hoult, R., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Lezaack, M. B., & Simar, A. (2022). Reinforced concrete walls detailed with shape memory alloys: recent experimental and numerical investigations. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Bouckaert, I., Godio, M., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). A strategy for generating pushover curves of block assemblies including post-peak branch using the discrete element method. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismolgy, Bucharest, Romania.
Baena Urrea, J., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). Condensed-tangent-stiffness-proportional viscous damping model for nonlinear time history analysis. 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.
Journal article
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., De Visscher, S., Varum, H., & Correia, A. A. (2022). Harmonising force-based and displacement-based design approaches for the next generation of Eurocode 8: Application to reinforced concrete moment resisting frames. Engineering Structures, 272 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114632 (Original work published 2022)
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). From experimental strain and crack distributions to plastic hinge lengths of RC walls with SMA rebars. Engineering Structures, 268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114731 (Original work published 2022)
Lezaack, M. B., Simar, A., Marchal, Y., Steinmetz, M., Faes, K., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). Dissimilar friction welding of NiTi shape memory alloy and steel reinforcing bars for seismic performance. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining (Print), 27(6), 418-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2022.2061692 (Original work published 2022)
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2022). Residual displacements of reinforced concrete walls detailed with conventional steel and shape memory alloy rebars. Engineering Structures, 256(1 April), 114002. https://doi.org/10.14428/DVN/A1FZT9 (Original work published 2022)
Rosso, a., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Jimenez-Roa, L. A., & Beyer, K. (2022). Instability of Thin Concrete Walls with a Single Layer of Reinforcement under Cyclic Loading: Numerical Simulation and Improved Equivalent Boundary Element Model for Assessment. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 26(1), 493-524. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2019.1691679 (Original work published 2022)
Conference paper
Costa, A. A., Pirmez, J., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2021). Desenvolvimento de curvas de fragilidade à acção sísmica para construções tradicionais de Liège, Bélgica. Published. CONREA’21 – O Congresso da Reabilitação, Aveiro.
Bouckaert, I., Godio, M., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & et al. (2021). Large-displacement response of unreinforced masonry structures: comparison between analytical solutions and DEM models including opensource software. Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Streamed from Athens, Greece, 4317-4330.
Labrique, S., Steinmetz, M., Bouckaert, I., Latteur, P., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & et al. (2021). Augmenter l’engagement des étudiants par le développement de supports de cours interactifs. AUPTIC2021, Sierre, Suisse.
Hoult, R., & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2021). Residual displacements of flexure-governed RC walls detailed with conventional steel and shape memory alloy rebars. Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, (virtual conference).
Journal article
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Appelle, A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2020). Seismic performance of slender RC U-shaped walls with a single-layer of reinforcement. Engineering Structures, 225(15), 111257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111257 (Original work published 2020)
Tarquini, D., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2020). Extended Tension Chord Model for Boundary Elements of RC Walls Accounting for Anchorage Slip and Lap Splices Presence. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials (Online), 14(2 (2020)). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40069-019-0381-9 (Original work published 2020)
Wenk, T., Roland, B., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2020). Überprüfung bezüglich Erdbeben von Holzbalkendecken in Bestandesbauten. Bauingenieur : Zeitschrift fuer das gesamte Bauwesen, 95(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000413418 (Original work published 2020)
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., António A. Correia, & Rui Pinho. (2020). Shake Table Blind Prediction Tests: Contributions for Improved Fibre-based Frame Modelling. Journal of Earthquake Engineering. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2018.1466743 (Original work published 2020)
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Steinmetz, M., Rigot, F., & de Cock, S. (2020). Shape-memory NiTi alloy rebars in flexural-controlled large-scale reinforced concrete walls: Experimental investigation on self-centring and damage limitation. Engineering Structures, 220(1 (2020)). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110865 (Original work published 2020)
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Beyer, K., Brunner, R., & Wenk, T. (2020). Characterization of mortar–timber and timber–timber cyclic friction in timber floor connections of masonry buildings. Materials and Structures, 53(51), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3348328 (Original work published 2020)
Conference paper
Hoult, R., Appelle, A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2019). Experimental tests of thin RC U-shaped walls with a single layer of reinforcement. Australian Earthquake Engineering Conference, Melbourne.
Hoult, R., Appelle, A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2019). Seismic response of thin, singly reinforced U-shaped walls: Overview and large-scale experimental tests. Concrete 2019, Sydney, Australia.
Tarquini, D., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2019). Capacidade de deformação de elementos de betão armado com empalmes sujeitos a carregamento cíclico: Investigação experimental. 11º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Lisboa.
Journal article
Tarquini, D., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2019). Experimental investigation on the deformation capacity of lap splices under cyclic loading. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 17(12), 6645-6670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-019-00692-3 (Original work published 2019)
Tarquini, D., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2019). Uniaxial cyclic tests on reinforced concrete members with lap splices. Earthquake Spectra. Published. https://doi.org/10.1193/041418EQS091DP (Original work published 2019)
Journal article
Carlos Blandon, Carlos Arteta, Ricardo Bonett, Julian Carrillo, & Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J. (2018). Response of thin lightly-reinforced concrete walls under cyclic loading. Engineering Structures, 176(1), 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.08.089 (Original work published 2018)
Rosso, A., Jimenez-Roa, L. A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Zuniga, A. P. G., Blandón, C. A., Bonett, R. L., & Beyer, K. (2018). Cyclic tensile-compressive tests on thin concrete boundary elements with a single layer of reinforcement prone to out-of-plane instability. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(2), 859-887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0228-1 (Original work published 2018)
Conference paper
Rosso, A., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2018). Out-of-plane instability of thin single-layered members: advancements in the characterization of the mechanism. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., Jordan, M., & Beyer, K. (2018). Effect of damping models on the simulation of seismic axial forces in a reinforced concrete bridge pier. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tarquini, D., Saraiva Esteves Pacheco De Almeida, J., & Beyer, K. (2018). Experimental investigation on the behaviour of lap splices under uniaxial cyclic loading. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece.
