Isabel Duarte

  1. Main research interests
  • Advanced lightweight materials and structures;
  • Porous metals and metallic foams;
  • Physics of metal foaming;
  • Nanostructured metallic foams;
  • Graded materials;
  • Foam-filled structures;
  • Hybrid materials
  1. Education
  • PhD, FEUP, University of Porto, 2005.
  • MSc, IST, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1998.
  • BEng, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, 1992.
  1. Experience
  • [2009-present] Researcher, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • [2013-2015] Invited Visiting Scientist, University of Maribor. Maribor, Slovenia.
  • [2010] Invited visiting Scientist. Period: 23 May-12 June 2010. Helmoltz Zemtrum Berlin für Materialien and Energie, Technical University of Berlin. Germany.
  • [2003-2005] Visiting Scientist, FEUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • [1998-1999] European TMR Grant Holder, IFAM, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Materialforschung, Bremen, Germany.
  • [1994 – 2008] Researcher, LNEG (ex-INETI), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • [1992-1994] Researcher, IST, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  1. Other information
  • Member, DGM – German Society for Materials (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V), Germany, since 2014.
  • Member, LWAG – Light-Weight Armour for Defence and Security, since 2009.
  • Member, SPM – Portuguese Society of Materials, since 2003.
  1. Selected Publications (426 citations)

> Thesis & Dissertations

  • Duarte. Metallic foams: production, characterization and numerical simulation. Ph.D. Thesis. FEUP. University of Porto. Portugal. 2005
  • Duarte. Metal foams: joining technical and foaming kinetics. Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials, IFAM. TMR Programme. Bremen. Germany. 1999.
  • Duarte. Mechanical and microstructural characterisation of silicon carbide body obtained by reaction sintering. Master Thesis. Instituto Superior Técnico. IST. University of Lisbon. Lisbon. Portugal. 1998.

> Books & Chapters

  • Duarte, M. Oliveira. Aluminium alloy foams: production and properties. In: Powder Metallurgy, K. Kondoh (Ed.), InTech, Rijeka, 2012, Ch. 3., ISBN: 978-953-51-0071-3, p.47-72.
    1. Editorships for Books and Journal Issues
  • Duarte, R. Valente, A. Andrade-Campos. MATCEL’2015 – Proceedings of the first national conference of cellular materials. First edition, Publisher: Universidade de Aveiro, 7th -8th September 2015, ISBN: 978-972-99784-3-2 (impress), 70 pages.

> Articles in International Journals

Most-cited articles

  • Duarte, J. Banhart. A study of aluminium foam formation – kinetics and microstructure. Acta Materialia 2000, 48(9): 2349-2362.
  • Baumgärtner, I. Duarte, J. Banhart. Industrialization of powder compact foaming process. Advanced Engineering Materials 2000, 2(4): 168-174. This article was included in the Top 10 most cited articles over the last 10 years for the journal Advanced Materials engineering (see Adv. Eng. Mater. 10: 1-2, 2008).

Recent articles

  • Duarte, E. Ventura, S. Olhero, JMF Ferreira. An effective approach to reinforced closed-cell Al-alloy foams with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Carbon 2015; 95:589-600.
  • Duarte, E. Ventura, S. Olhero, JMF Ferreira. A novel approach to prepare aluminium-alloy foams reinforced by carbon-nanotubes. Materials Letters 2015; 160:162-166.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, Lovre Krstulović-Opara, Z. Ren. Compressive performance evaluation of APM (Advanced Pore Morphology) foam filled tubes. Composite Structures 2015; 134:409–420.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara, Z. Ren. Static and dynamic axial crush performance of in-situ foam-filled tubes. Composite Structures. Composite Structures 2015; 124: 128-139.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara. Characterisation of aluminium alloy tubes filled with aluminium alloy integral-skin foam under axial compressive loads. Composite Structures 2015; 121: 154–162.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara, I. Anžel, JMF Ferreira. Manufacturing and bending behaviour of in situ foam-filled aluminium alloy tubes. Materials & Design 2015; 66:532–544.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara. Dynamic and quasi-static bending behaviour of thin-walled aluminium tubes filled with aluminium foam. Composite Structures 03/2014; 109: 48–56.
  • Isabel Duarte, MatejVesenjak, Lovre Krstulović-Opara. Variation of quasi-static and dynamic compressive properties in a single aluminium foam block. Materials Science and Engineering A 2014; 616:171-182.
  • Duarte, M. Oliveira, M. Murkhejee, F. Garcia-Moreno, J. Banhart. Foaming of AA 6061 using multiple pieces of foamable precursor. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2013; 438: 47–55.
  • Duarte, JMF Ferreira. 2D Quantitative analysis of metal foaming kinetics by hot-stage microscopy. Advanced Engineering Materials 2013; 16(1): 33–39.

Articles in other languages

  • Duarte, M. Santos, M. Vide. Processo contínuo de produção de peças e protótipos em espumas metálicas. Ingenium 2008, 104: 78-80, 2008.
  • Duarte, M. Santos. FCEM- Desenvolvimento do processo tecnológico de produção de espumas metálicas em contínuo. Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 2007, 19 (1/2): 79-82.
  • Duarte, A.J.M. Ferreira & J. Banhart. Espumas metálicas. Parte 1: processos de fabrico, propriedades e aplicações. Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 2002. 14(2/3): 27-34.
  • Duarte, A.J.M. Ferreira & J. Banhart. Espumas metálicas: Parte 2: processos de fabrico, propriedades e aplicações. Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 2002, 14 (2/3): 35-45.
  • Stanzick, I. Duarte, J. Banhart. Der schäumprozeß von aluminium, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 31(6): 409-411, 2000.

> Selected articles in conferences

  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara, Z. Ren. Compressive and bending responses of in-situ foam filled tubes made of aluminium alloys. In: E. Solórzano, MA Rodríguez-Pérez (Eds.) Book of 9th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams. August 31st-September 2nd, Barcelona. Spain. 2015, pp. .
  • Duarte, E. Ventura, S. Olhero, JMF Ferreira. A Colloidal Approach to Uniformly Disperse Carbon Nanotubes in the Metal-Matrix of Aluminium Alloy Foams. In: E. Solórzano, MA Rodríguez-Pérez (Eds.) Book of 9th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams. August 31st-September 2nd, Barcelona. Spain. 2015, pp. 137.
  • Duarte, M. Vesenjak, L. Krstulović-Opara. Variation of quasi-static and dynamic compressive properties in single aluminium-alloy foam block. Procedia Materials Science 2014; 4:151–156.
  • Duarte, JMF. Ferreira. Evolution of metallic foams using hot-stage microscopy. Procedia Materials Science 2014; 4:239–244.

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