Rodrigo Provasi, Assistant Professor

Department of Structural and Geothecnic Engineering - University of São Paulo.

Ongoing Reasearchs

MACRO ELEMENTS

Macro Elements Development

Orthotropic Cylinder Element

Helix Element

Connection Element 'Bridge'

Complex Geometry Elements

Equivalent Models for Interlocked carcass and pressur barriers

Multiscale Models for Interlocked carcass and pressur barriers

Contact Elements

Penalty-based Formulation

Lagrange-based Formulation

Augmented Lagrange-based Formulation

Line-to-line and line-to-surface formulations

Beam-to-beam formulations

Graphical Tools

CAD Tool

Post-processing tool

Pre-processing tool

New Reasearchs

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Wind Energy

Study of the structure of the wind turbine

CDF integrtion (winds, currents and waves, etc)

Stability study of the wind turbine under sea loadings

Parametric study of the wind turbines

Research Positions

If you are interested in doing research, check the open positions here.