Luiz Fernando Martha

Luiz Fernando Martha is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, and member of the Tecgraf Institute of Technical-Scientific Software Development of PUC-Rio (Tecgraf/PUC-Rio). He got his Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering in 1989 from Cornell University, working in the Cornell Fracture Group and in the Cornell Program of Computer Graphics. His research interests include Structural Analysis, Computational Mechanics, Educational Software, Mesh Generation, Geometric Modeling, and Computer Graphics. He is the creator of Ftool.

Semester Courses in PUC-Rio (in Portuguese)

• ENG 1204 - Análise de Estruturas II (2019.1 - Graduação)
• CIV 2802 - Sistemas Gráficos para Engenharia (2019.1 - Pós-graduação)

Books (in Portuguese)

• Análise Matricial de Estruturas com Orientação a Objetos - 1ª edição.
  Editora Elsevier e Editora PUC-Rio, 2018.
  Veja vídeo no YouTube.
• Análise de Estruturas - Conceitos e Métodos Básicos - 2ª edição.
  eBook interativo.
  Editora Elsevier, 2017.
  1ª edição: 53º Prêmio Jabuti - 2011: 3º lugar na categoria Ciências Exatas.

Related material

• Ftool: A Frame Analysis Educational Software
• LESM:Linear Elements Structure Model
• Misulatool: Fundamental solutions for isolated beam with non-uniform cross-section (in Portuguese)
• e-Cross: Moment Distribution Method Educational Tool
  e-Cross (off-line version).
  Requires instalation of Java(TM) Runtime Enviroment (JRE).
• e-MetFor: Force Method Tutorial (off-line version) (in Portuguese)
• e-MetDes: Displacement Method Tutorial (off-line version) (in Portuguese)
• Academical assignment for simulation of the Force Method with Ftool (in Portuguese)
• Academical assignment for simulation of the Displacement Method with Ftool (in Portuguese)

Class-notes (in Portuguese)

• O Método da Rigidez Direta sob um Enfoque Matricial
• Método dos Elementos Finitos
  
  • Capítulo 1
  • Capítulo 2
  • Capítulo 3
  • Capítulo 4
  • Capítulo 5 (autor: Ivan Menezes)
• Sistemas Estruturais para Arquitetura
  
  • Aula 01 (609 KB)
  • Aula 02 (1.1 MB)
  • Aula 03 (412 KB)
  • Aula 04 (197 KB)
  • Aula 05 (87 KB)
  • Aula 06 (944 KB)
  • Aula 07 (714 KB)

Educational Software

• LESM:Linear Elements Structure Model
• Ftool: A Frame Analysis Educational Software
• Instruções para executar o Ftool no MacOS utilizando WineBottler (em formato PDF).
• ETools - Web Site for Educational Software in Engineering
• Misulatool: Fundamental solutions for isolated beam with non-uniform cross-section (in Portuguese)
• Fluxovento: Programa para Análise de Ventilação em Ambientes Construídos
• e-Cross: Moment Distribution Method Educational Tool
  e-Cross (off-line version).
  Requires instalation of Java(TM) Runtime Enviroment (JRE).
• e-MetFor: Force Method Tutorial (off-line version) (in Portuguese)
  Final Project for Graduation in Civil Engineering - PUC-Rio
  Authors: Christiana Maurício Niskier and Fernando Souza de Moura Ribeiro
• e-MetDes: Displacement Method Tutorial (off-line version) (in Portuguese)
  Final Project for Graduation in Civil Engineering - PUC-Rio
  Authors: Christiana Maurício Niskier and Fernando Souza de Moura Ribeiro
• e-Mohr: Plane Stress Mohr's Circle Educational Tool
  e-Mohr (off-line version).
  Requires instalation of Java(TM) Runtime Enviroment (JRE).

Projects and Research

Tecgraf/PUC-Rio

Curriculum Vitae

• CNPq/Lattes Curriculum Vitae (in Portuguese)
• Full Curriculum Vitae (in Portuguese)

Publications

• Published books and papers from 2001 to October 2017
• Link to Google scholar page

Advisorship

• Doctoral, Master and Scientific Initiation works advised from 2001 to September 2017

Main Collaborators

Tecgraf/PUC-Rio

• Marcelo Gattass
• Marcio Rodrigues de Santi
• Ivan Fábio Mota de Menezes
• Luiz Cristovao Gomes Coelho
• Waldemar Celes Filho

Departamento de Engenharia Civil - PUC-Rio

• Elisa Dominguez Sotelino
• Eurípedes Vargas Jr.
• Deane Roehl

Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica - PUC-Rio

• Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro
• Marco Antonio Meggiolaro

Departamento de Informática - PUC-Rio

• Hélio Côrtes Vieira Lopes

Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos - Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa, Portugal

• José Paulo Moitinho de Almeida

Laboratório de Mecânica Computacional (LMC/EPUSP)

• Túlio Nogueira Bittencourt

LIA - Laboratórios de Pesquisa em Computação
Departamento de Computação - Universidade Federal do Ceará

• Joaquim Bento Cavalcante Neto

Departamento de Engenharia Estrutural
Universidade Federal de Alagoas

• William Wagner Matos Lira

Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Ambiental
Universidade de Brasília

• Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Miranda

Departamento de Engenharia Civil
Universidade Federal Fluminense

• André Maués Brabo Pereira

Cornell Fracture Group

• Tony Ingraffea
• Wash Wawrzynek
• Bruce Carter

Last update: March 14, 2019 by Luiz Fernando Martha