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Paulo Jorge Soeima Carmona Mendes (Paulo Mendes), born in Lisbon, Portugal, is a doctorate researcher for the Institute of R&D in Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. He earned his Doctor's degree in Civil Engineering in 2024 from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto. His thesis offers a novel methodology for determining an efficient strategy for reuse offshore platforms from oil and gas to wind energy generation, incorporating analysis of metocean data, structural analysis, and lifecycle assessment. He is an Invited Assistant Professor at both the Lusófona University of Porto and Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. With over +100 peer reviews for 20+ journals, Paulo Mendes has also published several articles in renown journals and has expertise in the design and revision of offshore structures from his professional experience in FORCE Technology, Norway. Currently, his research interests are centered on the development of advanced strategies for the fatigue damage assessment. In particular, he is focused in investigating the mechanical behaviour of high-strength steel welded joints, which are commonly used in offshore connections, and investigating the impact of multi-source uncertainties on fatigue test results and overall structural integrity.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paulo Jorge Soeima Carmona Mendes

Citation names

  • Mendes, Paulo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0A17-B1CE-6975
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8588-4807
Scopus Author Id
57215830260

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2024
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Innovative Methodologies for Fatigue Damage Assessment Applied to Green Energy Production Support Structures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Estruturas
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Stress Concentration Factor Evaluation in Offshore Tubular KT-Joints for Fatigue design" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
2019 - 2024 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Ciências Naturais Engenharias e Tecnologias, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Ciências Naturais Engenharias e Tecnologias, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - 2019 Structural Engineer FORCE Technology, Norway, Norway
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/07/03 - 2024/04 Agenda NEXUS: Pacto de Inovação Transição Verde e Digital para Transportes, Logística e Mobilidade e n.º C645112083-00000059
PRR - C645112083-00000059
Research Fellow
Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
2021/10 - 2023/07/01 AARM 4.0 - Aços de Alta Resistência na Metalomecânica 4.0
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-068492
Research Fellow
European Regional Development Fund

Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Reutilização sustentável de plataformas do tipo-jacket offshore desativadas para energia eólica offshore
UTA-EXPL/IET/0111/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de I e D em Estruturas e Construção, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Heo, Taemin; Liu, Ding Peng; Manuel, Lance; Correia, Jose A. F. O.; Mendes, Paulo. "Sustainable Reuse of Decommissioned Jacket Platforms for Offshore Wind Energy Accounting for Accumulated Fatigue Damage". 2022.
    10.1115/omae2022-79598
Journal article
  1. Mendes, P.; Monteiro, M.; Correia, J.A.F.O.; Vieira, M.; Reis, A.; Horas, C.; de Jesus, A.. "High-cycle rotating-bending fatigue performance of S690QL welded joints". Journal of Constructional Steel Research 214 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85183577493&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jcsr.2024.108488
  2. Taemin Heo; Ding Peng Liu; Lance Manuel; José A.F.O. Correia; Paulo Mendes. "Assessing Fatigue Damage in the Reuse of a Decommissioned Offshore Jacket Platform to Support a Wind Turbine". Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering 145 4 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1115%2F1.4056943.
    10.1115/1.4056943
  3. Danial Haselibozchaloee; José Correia; P. Mendes; Abilio de Jesus; F. Berto. "A review of fatigue damage assessment in offshore wind turbine support structure". International Journal of Fatigue 164 (2022): 107145-107145. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ijfatigue.2022.107145.
    10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107145
  4. Mendes, P.; Correia, J.A.F.O.; Arrojado, J.; Heo, T.; Fantuzzi, N.; Manuel, L.. "Horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines on existing jacket platforms: Part 2 – Retrofitting activities". Structures 40 (2022): 109-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85127849319&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.istruc.2022.03.084
  5. Paulo Mendes; Rita Dantas; José A.F.O Correia; Nicholas Fantuzzi; Abílio M.P Jesus. "Probabilistic fatigue strength modelling based on various statistical approaches for a double-side welded connection". Procedia Structural Integrity 42 (2022): 1752-1761. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.prostr.2022.12.222.
    10.1016/j.prostr.2022.12.222
  6. Paulo Mendes; José A. F. O. Correia; António Mourão; Rafael Pereira; Nicholas Fantuzzi; Abílio De Jesus; Rui Calçada. "Fatigue Assessments of a Jacket-Type Offshore Structure Based on Static and Dynamic Analyses". Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction 26 1 (2021): 04020054-04020054. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000533.
    10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000533
  7. Mendes, Paulo. "Horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines on existing jacket platforms: Part 1 – A comparative study". Structures 32 (2021): 1069-1080. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235201242100076X.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2021.01.069
  8. Mendes, Paulo. "A brief review of fatigue design criteria on offshore wind turbine support structures". Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (2020): https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.55.23.
    10.3221/IGF-ESIS.55.23
  9. Mendes, Paulo. "Renewable Energy and Oceanic Structures: Part III". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering 173 1 (2020): 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.2020.173.1.1.
    10.1680/jmaen.2020.173.1.1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023 Reliability local fatigue design challenges of transition pieces from decommissioned platforms for offshore wind energy COTech 2023: Forth Conference of Computational Methods Ocean Technology
University of Stavanger (Stavanger, Norway)
2023 Microstructure and Hardness Properties of a S690QL Welded Joint ICSI: 5th International Conference on Structural Integrity
European Structural Integrity Society (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal)
2023 Evaluation of Fatigue and Hardness Properties in a S690QL Steel Welded Connection GEF2023: Grupo Español de Fractura
Grupo Español de Fractura (Gijon, Spain)
2023 Fatigue Performance of a S690QL Steel Welded Connection Under a Rotating Bending Fatigue Test IGF27: 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity
European Structural Integrity Society (Rome, Italy)
2021 Probabilistic fatigue strength modelling based on various statistical approaches for a double-side welded connection SIM 2021: Congress on Structural Integrity and Maintenance
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2021 Horizontal and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines on Existing Jacket Platforms: A Comparative Study SIM 2021: Congress on Structural Integrity and Maintenance
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2020 A brief review of fatigue design criteria on offshore wind turbine structures VECF1: 1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture
Gruppo Italiano Frattura (Italy)
2020 A comparative study on fatigue lifetime assessment based on stress and strain local criteria applied to an offshore structure VCMF 2020: Proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Mechanical Fatigue
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2019 Fatigue assessments of a jacket-type offshore structure based on static and dynamic analyzes: A comparative study 1st International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2019)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Porto, Portugal)
2019 Stress concentration factor predictions for offshore tubular KT-joints based on parametric equations and simplified numerical analysis XII Congresso de Construção Metálica e Mista
Associação Portuguesa de Construção Metálica e Mista (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022 - 2023 Fatigue Performance of a S690QL Steel Welded Connection Under a Rotating Bending Fatigue Test
Co-supervisor
 Materials Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Fatigue Design Challenges of Transition pieces From Decomissioned Platforms for Offshore Wind Energy
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Chimica Ambientale e dei Materiali, Italy
2021 - 2022 Metocean Climate Impact on the Fatigue Assessment of a Jacket-Type Offshore Platform
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Chimica Ambientale e dei Materiali, Italy
2021 - 2022 Fatigue Damage Assessment of a Jacket-Type Platform through Global Approaches and a Stochastic Analysis Using Wave Spectra
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Chimica Ambientale e dei Materiali, Italy
2020 - 2021 Global Fatigue Assessment of a Decommissioned Jacket Platform for a Sustainable Reuse as an Offshore Wind Turbine
Co-supervisor
 Civil Engineering (Master)
Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Chimica Ambientale e dei Materiali, Italy

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Microstructure and Hardness Properties of a S690QL Welded Joint (poster)
Conference
 DCE’23: Doctoral Congress in Engineering
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Probabilistic fatigue strength modelling based on various statistical approaches for a double-side welded connection (poster)
Conference
 ECF23: 23rd European Conference on Fracture
Gruppo Italiano Frattura, Italy
2022 - 2022 Metocean climate impact on the fatigue assessment of a jacket-type (poster)
Conference
 5th Iberian Conference on Structural Integrity, IbCSI 2022
Grupo Español de Fractura, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Computing and Programming Engenharia de Materiais (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2022 - Current Fundamentals of Reinforced Concrete Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Ciências Naturais Engenharias e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022 - Current Design of Concrete and Steel Structures Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona do Porto Faculdade de Ciências Naturais Engenharias e Tecnologias, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 Honorable mention for the admission internship
Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2023 Recognition of the excelent quality of peer review contributed to the Alexandria Engineering Journal
Elsevier BV, Netherlands