hcosta@isec.pt
239790300
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ISEC-DEC; Rua Pedro Nunes – Quinta da Nora
3030-199 Coimbra - Portugal

Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa

Adjunct Professor

Domain of activity:

  • Mechanics of the Structures and of the Materials
Present research topics:
  • Mix-design and Behaviour of Special Concrete: LWAC, SCC, AAC, UHPC, LBC.

Institution

  • Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra

Department

  • DECivil

Research Group

  • Structures and Geotechnics

Publications

ReferenceJournalAUTHOR(S) CERISDATE
Ferreira, L.; Branco, F.G.; Costa, H.S.S.; Júlio, E.; Maranha, P. (2015) Characterization of alkali-activated binders using the maturity method. Construction and Building Materials, 95. pp 337-344. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.068 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2015
Ghafari, E.; Ghahari, S.A.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E.N.B.S.; Portugal, A.; Durães, L. (2016) Effect of supplementary cementitious materials on autogenous shrinkage of ultra-high performance concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 127. pp 43-48. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.09.123 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2016
Silva, J.V.; Ismael, R.; Carmo, R.N.F.; Lourenço, C.; Soldado, E.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E. (2016) Influence of nano-SiO2 and nano-Al2O3 additions on the shear strength and the bending moment capacity of RC beams. Construction and Building Materials, 123. pp 45-56. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.06.132 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2016
Simões, T.; Costa, H.; Dias-da-Costa, D.; Júlio, E. (2018) Influence of type and dosage of micro-fibres on the physical properties of fibre reinforced mortar matrixes. Construction and Building Materials, 187. pp 1277-1285. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.058 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2018
Ghafari, E.; Bandarabadi, M.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E. (2015) Prediction of fresh and hardened state properties of UHPC: Comparative study of statistical mixture design and an artificial neural network model. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 27, n.º 11. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001270 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2015
Ghafari, E.; Arezoumandi, M.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E.N.B.S. (2015) Influence of nano-silica addition in the durability of UHPC. Construction and Building Materials, 94. pp 181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.009 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2015
Ghafari, E.; Júlio, E.N.B.S.; Costa, H. (2015) Statistical mixture design approach for eco-efficient UHPC. Cement and Concrete Composites, 55. pp 17-25. doi: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2014.07.016 Cement and Concrete Composites
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2015
Carmo, R.N.F. do; Costa, H.; Gomes, G.; Valença, J. (2017) Experimental evaluation of lightweight aggregate concrete beam–column joints with different strengths and reinforcement ratios. Structural Concrete, 18, n.º 6. pp 950-961. doi: 10.1002/suco.201600166 Structural Concrete
Ricardo Nuno Francisco do Carmo
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
2017
Ferreira, L.F.B.; Costa, H.S.S.; Barata, I.I.A.; Júlio, E.N.B.S.; Tiago, P.N.M.; Coelho, J.F.J. (2014) Precast alkali-activated concrete towards sustainable construction. Magazine of Concrete Research, 66, n.º 12. pp 618-626. doi: 10.1680/macr.13.00091 Magazine of Concrete Research
Luis Filipe Brandão Ferreira
Luis Filipe Brandão Ferreira
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2014
Ghafari, E.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E.N.B.S.; Portugal, A.; Durães, L. (2014) The effect of nanosilica addition on flowability, strength and transport properties of ultra high performance concrete. Materials & Design, 59. pp 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.02.051 Materials & Design
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2014
Simões, T.; Costa, H.; Dias-da-Costa, D.; Júlio, E. (2017) Influence of fibres on the mechanical behaviour of fibre reinforced concrete matrixes. Construction and Building Materials, 137. pp 548-556. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.01.104 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2017
Valença, J.; Dias-da-Costa, D.; Júlio, E.N.B.S.; Araújo, H.; Costa, H. (2013) Automatic crack monitoring using photogrammetry and image processing. Measurement, 46, n.º 1. pp 433-441. doi: 10.1016/j.measurement.2012.07.019 Measurement
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2013
Carmo, R.N.F.; Costa, H.; Rodrigues, M. (2016) Experimental study of punching failure in LWAC slabs with different strengths. Materials and Structures, 49, n.º 7. pp 2611-2626. doi: 10.1617/s11527-015-0671-x Materials and Structures
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
2016
Ghafari, E.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E.N.B.S. (2015) Critical review on eco-efficient ultra high performance concrete enhanced with nano-materials. Construction and Building Materials, 101, Part 1. pp 201-208. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.10.066 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2015
Ismael, R.; Silva, J.V.; Carmo, R.N.F.; Soldado, E.; Lourenço, C.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E. (2016) Influence of nano-SiO2 and nano-Al2O3 additions on steel-to-concrete bonding. Construction and Building Materials, 125. pp 1080-1092. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.08.152 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2016
Carmo, R.N.F.; Costa, H.; Bento, G. (2014) Experimental investigation of bond stress and deformation of LWAC ties reinforced with GFRP bars. Strain, 50, n.º 4. pp 318-333. doi: 10.1111/str.12094 Strain
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
2014
Carmo, R.N.F. do; Costa, H.; Júlio, E. (2017) Influence of nanoparticles additions on the bond between steel fibres and the binding paste. Construction and Building Materials, 151. pp 312-318. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.06.085 Construction and Building Materials
Ricardo Nuno Francisco do Carmo
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2017
Ghafari, E.; Costa, H.; Júlio, E.N.B.S. (2014) RSM-based model to predict the performance of self-compacting UHPC reinforced with hybrid steel micro-fibers. Construction and Building Materials, 66. pp 375-383. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.05.064 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2014
Carmo, R.N.F.; Costa, H.; Lourenço, C.; Andrade, D.; Simões, T. (2013) Influence of both concrete strength and transverse confinement on bending behavior of reinforced LWAC beams. Engineering Structures, 48. pp 329-341. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.09.030 Engineering Structures
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
2013
Simões, T.; Octávio, C.; Valença, J.; Costa, H.; Dias-da-Costa, D.; Júlio, E. (2017) Influence of concrete strength and steel fibre geometry on the fibre/matrix interface. Composites Part B: Engineering, 122. pp 156-164. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.04.010 Composites Part B: Engineering
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2017
Costa, H.; Carmo, R.N.F.; Júlio, E. (2018) Influence of lightweight aggregates concrete on the bond strength of concrete-to-concrete interfaces. Construction and Building Materials, 180. pp 519-530. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.06.011 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2018
Costa, H.; Carmo, R.N.F.; Júlio, E. (2018) Influence of normal stress and reinforcement ratio on the behavior of LWAC interfaces. Construction and Building Materials, 192. pp 317-329. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.10.116 Construction and Building Materials
Hugo Sérgio Sousa Costa
Eduardo Nuno Brito Santos Júlio
2018