Ricardo Nuno Madeira Soares Branco
AuthID: R-000-K9V
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TITLE: Mechanical, Fatigue, and Thermal Characterization of ASA, Nylon 12, PC, and PC-ABS Manufactured by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) Full Text
AUTHORS: Rodrigues, Angela; Branco, Ricardo; Franco, Margarida; Silva, Rui; Malca, Candida; Martins, Rui F.;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: POLYMERS, VOLUME: 18, ISSUE: 2
AUTHORS: Rodrigues, Angela; Branco, Ricardo; Franco, Margarida; Silva, Rui; Malca, Candida; Martins, Rui F.;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: POLYMERS, VOLUME: 18, ISSUE: 2
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TITLE: Enabling Sensor-Integrated and Sustainable Aerospace Structures Through Additively Manufactured Aluminium Mechanisms for CubeSats Full Text
AUTHORS: Alves, Bernardo; Sousa, Rafael; Coelho, Ricardo; Gatoes, Daniel; Cacho, Luis; Branco, Ricardo; Santos, Vitor Miguel; Freitas Rodrigues, Patricia;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: SENSORS, VOLUME: 26, ISSUE: 1
AUTHORS: Alves, Bernardo; Sousa, Rafael; Coelho, Ricardo; Gatoes, Daniel; Cacho, Luis; Branco, Ricardo; Santos, Vitor Miguel; Freitas Rodrigues, Patricia;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: SENSORS, VOLUME: 26, ISSUE: 1
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TITLE: Fatigue behaviour and life prediction of L-PBF-processed maraging steel under variable-amplitude loading Full Text
AUTHORS: Branco, R.; Marciniak, Z.; Prates, P.; Das, B.; Martins, R. F.; Malca, C.;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, VOLUME: 26, ISSUE: 2
AUTHORS: Branco, R.; Marciniak, Z.; Prates, P.; Das, B.; Martins, R. F.; Malca, C.;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, VOLUME: 26, ISSUE: 2
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TITLE: Constructal Design and Friction Stir Processing Synergy: Towards Next-Generation High-Efficiency Heat Sinks
AUTHORS: de Jesus, Joel; Panao, Miguel; Branco, Ricardo;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, VOLUME: 16, ISSUE: 3
AUTHORS: de Jesus, Joel; Panao, Miguel; Branco, Ricardo;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, VOLUME: 16, ISSUE: 3
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TITLE: Notch fatigue analysis of L-PBF AlSi10Mg aluminium alloy under bending-torsion loading
AUTHORS: Branco, R; Costa, JD; Borrego, LP; Jesus, J; Fernandes, RF; Martins Ferreira;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: 6th International Conference on Structural Integrity, ICSI 2025 in Procedia Structural Integrity, VOLUME: 77
AUTHORS: Branco, R; Costa, JD; Borrego, LP; Jesus, J; Fernandes, RF; Martins Ferreira;
PUBLISHED: 2026, SOURCE: 6th International Conference on Structural Integrity, ICSI 2025 in Procedia Structural Integrity, VOLUME: 77
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TITLE: Effect of low-temperature stress relieving heat treatments on fatigue behaviour and failure mechanisms of L-PBF AlSi10Mg aluminium alloy Full Text
AUTHORS: Fernandes, R. F. ; Jesus, J. S.; Branco, R.; Borrego, L. P.; Costa, J. D.; Ferreira, J. A. M.;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, VOLUME: 169
AUTHORS: Fernandes, R. F. ; Jesus, J. S.; Branco, R.; Borrego, L. P.; Costa, J. D.; Ferreira, J. A. M.;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, VOLUME: 169
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TITLE: Influence of Low-Temperature Stress-Relieving Treatment in the Fatigue Life of Components Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion in AlSi10Mg
AUTHORS: Antonio, Malcolm; Fernandes, Rui ; de Jesus, Joel; Borrego, Luis ; Branco, Ricardo; da Costa, Jose; Ferreira, Jose;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, VOLUME: 15, ISSUE: 1
AUTHORS: Antonio, Malcolm; Fernandes, Rui ; de Jesus, Joel; Borrego, Luis ; Branco, Ricardo; da Costa, Jose; Ferreira, Jose;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, VOLUME: 15, ISSUE: 1
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TITLE: Mechanisms of fatigue crack growth in 7050-T6 aluminium alloy
AUTHORS: Borrego, L. P. ; Jesus, J. S.; Branco, R.; Ferreira, J. A. M.; Antunes, F. V.; Neto, D. M.; Sergio, E. R.;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, VOLUME: 194
AUTHORS: Borrego, L. P. ; Jesus, J. S.; Branco, R.; Ferreira, J. A. M.; Antunes, F. V.; Neto, D. M.; Sergio, E. R.;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, VOLUME: 194
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TITLE: Eco-Efficiency of Concrete Sandwich Panels with Different Insulation Core Materials Full Text
AUTHORS: Moura, Bruna; da Silva, Tiago Ramos; Soares, Nelson; M. H. de Sá;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: SUSTAINABILITY, VOLUME: 17, ISSUE: 4
AUTHORS: Moura, Bruna; da Silva, Tiago Ramos; Soares, Nelson; M. H. de Sá;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: SUSTAINABILITY, VOLUME: 17, ISSUE: 4
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TITLE: The influence of printing strategies on the fatigue crack growth behaviour of an additively manufactured Ti6Al4V Grade 23 titanium alloy
AUTHORS: Martins, Rui F.; Branco, Ricardo; Camacho, Jose; Macek, Wojciech; Marciniak, Zbigniew; Silva, Antonio; Malca, Candida;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, VOLUME: 197
AUTHORS: Martins, Rui F.; Branco, Ricardo; Camacho, Jose; Macek, Wojciech; Marciniak, Zbigniew; Silva, Antonio; Malca, Candida;
PUBLISHED: 2025, SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, VOLUME: 197
