Leandro Fleck Fadel Miguel
Bio
Prof. Fadel Miguel is a Civil Engineer and holds a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering (2007) from UFRGS (Brazil). He joined the Civil Engineering Department at UFSC (Brazil) as an Associate Professor in 2010. His main research interests include the study of nonlinear problems in steel structures and structural dynamics, with a particular emphasis on optimization and reliability analysis in civil engineering applications.
Research Area
Dynamics of structures, Steel structures
Research Interests
Nonlinear problems in steel structures and structural dynamics, with a particular emphasis on optimization and reliability analysis in civil engineering applications.
Courses
- Steel Structures (Undergraduate program)
Introduction: mechanical properties; Wind effects on structures; Tension members; Compression members; Beams; Combined bending and axial load; Structural fasteners; Welding.
- Dynamics of Structures I (graduate program)
Single degree of freedom systems; Analysis through the time domain: Duhamel integral equation; Analysis through the frequency domain: Fourier transform; Laplace transform; Multi degree of freedom systems; Principle of Virtual Work, Lagrange’s Equation and Hamilton’s Principle; Modal analysis; Modal superposition; Step-by-step methods.
- Dynamics of Structures II (graduate program)
Random vibration; Dynamic effects of winds on structures; Earthquake loading; Vehicle-bridge interaction problem; Human-induced loads; Passive control of vibrations.
Publications
- H-index: 25
- Papers: 90
- Citations: 2,017