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Articles in Journals

• Evandt, O., Coleman, S.Y., Ramalhoto, M.F. and van Lottum, C. (2004), “A Little Known Robust Estimator of the Correlation Coefficient and Its Use in a Robust Graphical Test for Bivariate Normality with Applications in the Aluminium Industry”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 20, Issue 5, pp. 433-546 • Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Validation of a Time-Domain Strip Method to Calculate the Motions and Loads on a Fast Monohull”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 26, pp. 256-273 • Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Effects on the Vertical Motions and Loads of a Containership in Regular Waves”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 148, Issue 2, pp. 118-147 • Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Effects on the Statistics of Vertical Motions and Loads of a Containership in Irregular Waves”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 148, Issue 2, pp. 148-167 • Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), "Influence of Steel Strength on the Fatigue Reliability of Welded Structural Components", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 26, pp. 753-762 • Garbatov, Y., Rudan, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Assessment of Geometry Correction Functions of Tanker Knuckle Details Based on Fatigue Tests and Finite-Element Analysis”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 126, pp. 220-226 • Gordo, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental Evaluation of the Ultimate Bending Moment of a Box Girder”, Marine Systems and Ocean Technology, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 33-46 • Guedes Soares, C. and Scotto, M.G. (2004), “Application of the r Largest Order Statistics Model for Long-Term Predictions of Significant Wave Height” , Coastal Engineering, Vol. 51, pp. 387-394 • Guedes Soares, C., Cherneva, Z. and Antão, E.M. (2004), “Steepness and Asymmetry of the Largest Waves in Storm Sea States”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 1147-1167 • Guedes Soares, C., Cherneva, Z. and Antão, E.M.(2004), “Abnormal Waves during Hurricane Camille”, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, pp. 1-7 • Guedes Soares, C., Fonseca, N. and Pascoal, R. (2004), ), “Long Term Prediction of Nonlinear Vertical Bending Moments on a Fast Monohull”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 26, pp. 288-297 • Guedes Soares, C., Francisco, R.A., Moreira, L. and Laranjinha, M. (2004), “Full-Scale Measurements of the Manoeuvering Capabilities of Fast Patrol Vessels, Argos Class”, Marine Technology, Vol. 41, Issue 1, pp. 7-16 • Izquierdo, P., Guedes Soares, C., Nieto Borge, J.C. and Rodriguez, G.R. (2004), “A Comparison of Sea-state Parameters from Nautical Radar Images and Buoy Data”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 2209-2225 • Marón, A., Ponce, J., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), ), “Experimental Investigation of a Fast Monohull in Forced Harmonic Motions”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 26, pp. 241-255 • Nieto Borge, J.C., Rodriguez, G.R., Hessner, K. and Izquierdo, P. (2004), “Inversion of Marine Radar Images for Surface Wave Analysis”, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 21, pp. 1291-1300 • Rodriguez, G.R., Guedes Soares, C. and Pacheco, E.M. (2004), “Wave Period Distribution in Mixed Sea States”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 126, pp. 105-112 • Sutherland, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Effect of Laminate Thickness and of Matrix Resin on the Impact of Low Fibre-Volume, Woven Roving E-Glass Composites", Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 64, pp. 1691-1700 • Sutherland, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Effect of Laminate Thickness and of Matrix Resin on the Impact of Low Fibre-Volume, Woven Roving E-Glass Composites”, Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 64, pp. 1691-1700 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Transverse Impact of Circular Marine Composite Plates”, Mecânica Experimental, Vol. 10, pp. 83-93 • Sutulo, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Synthesis of Experimental Designs of Manouevring Captive-Model Tests with Large Number of Factors”, Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 32-42 • Sutulo, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “A Boundary Integral Equations Method for Computing Inertial and Damping Characteristics of Arbitrary Contours in Deep Fluid”, Ship Technology Research, Vol. 51, pp. 69-93. • Veltcheva, A.D and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Identification of the Components of Wave Spectra by the Hilbert Huang Transform Method”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 26, pp. 1-12 • Veltcheva, A.D. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Identification of the Components of Wave Spectra by the Hilbert Huang Transform Method”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 26, pp. 1-12

Articles in Books

• Antão, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Analysis of accidents of Portuguese fishing vessels” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 627-643 • Antão, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Application of formal safety assessment in European ports with high speed vessels interface” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 395-415 • Bettencourt, J., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Speed prediction program for sailing vessel” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisboa, pp. 545-564. • Castelo Branco, B., Moreira, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Performance simulation of a mono-cylindrical 4-stroke diesel engine” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 381-394 • Esteves, R. and Gordo, J.M. (2004), “The Comfort Class according to the Classification Societies” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering , Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 679-690 • Esteves, R. and Gordo, J.M. (2004), “Vibration analysis in a self-service of a passenger ship” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 285-298 • Ferrreira, S.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Port value system” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering , Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 195-217 • Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Seakeeping analysis of a containership to operate between the Portuguese mainland and the islands” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 603-618 • Guedes Soares, C., Rusu, L. and Pilar, P. (2004), “Wave Hindcast along the Portuguese Continental Coast” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 73-82 • Pascoal, R., Machado Santos, F., Oliveira, A. and Guedes Soares, C., "Vibration measurements onboard a fishing vessel in composite materials", Maritime Activities and Engineering (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 341-356 • Pascoal, R., Machado Santos, F., Oliveira, A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Vibration measure-ments onboard a fishing vessel in composite materials” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 341-356 • Pulquério, D., Sá, R., Sebastião, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “A GIS application to support decision-making in the prevention and control of pollution at sea” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 431-442 • Ribeiro e Silva, S, Pascoal, R., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Dynamic behaviour tests at sea of frigates of the “Vasco da Gama” class” (in Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 583-601 • Ribeiro e Silva, S, Pascoal, R., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Dynamic behaviour tests at sea of frigates of the “Vasco da Gama” class” (in Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 583-601 • Ribeiro e Silva, S., Pérez-Rojas, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental study of parametric resonance on a fishing vessel” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisboa, pp. 645-663 • Rodrigues, J.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Docking simulation at a Shiprepair Shipyard” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 31-42 • Rodrigues, J.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Docking simulation at a Shiprepair Shipyard” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 31-42 • Rodrigues, L.B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Simulation of Cargo movements’ at a containership terminal” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 219-233 • Santos, F.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Analysis of vibration mode shapes of a patrol boat in composite materials” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 299-314 • Santos, J.M., Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Characterization tests of the mechanical properties of composite materials” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 137-150 • Santos, T.A., Perdigão, J., Ferreira, S.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004) , “Application of probabilistic methods on the study of subdivision and stability on damaged passenger Ro-Ro ships” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 665-677 • Sebastião, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Modelling 44 years of tides on the Portuguese Coast” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 43-53 • Teixeira, A.P., Luís, R.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Prediction of the compressive strength of corroded plates of the strength of plates with corrosion subject to impact” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 271-284 • Triunfante, P., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Comparison between experimental and numerical data of Seakeeping of a Catamaran” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 565-582 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Virtual ship support model to avoid ship failure” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, (in Portuguese), Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 713-725 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Virtual ship support model to avoid ship failure” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda, Lisbon, pp. 713-725, Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 713-725 • Varela, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Virtual ship support model to avoid ship failure” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 713-725 • Velho Gouveia, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “The problem of identifying places of refuge on the Portuguese coast” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 417-429 • Velho Gouveia, J. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Implications of the implementation of the ISPS code on maritime safety” (In Portuguese), Maritime Activities and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. and Gonçalves de Brito, V. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 533-544

Articles in Conferences

• Barradas Cardoso, J., Castro, J. e Valido, A.J. (2004), “Design Sensitivities of Thin-Walled Composite Beam Profiles”, Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), (in Portuguese), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Bettencourt, J., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “A Procedure for the Optimization of the Hydrodynamic Performance of Sailing Yachts Keels”, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Yacht Design and Production (MDY'04), 25-26 March, Madrid, Spain, pp. 58-68 • Cieslikiewicz, W., Paplinska-Swerpel, B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), "Multi-Decadal Wind Wave Modelling Over the Baltic Sea", Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE´04), 19-24 September, Lisbon, Portugal, Paper nº 226 • Ciortan, C., Guedes Soares, C., Wanderley, J. and Levi, C. (2004), “Structured Grids Generation for Computational Fluid Dynamics” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Ciortan, C., Wanderley, J., Levi. C. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Computational Fluid Mechanics Applied to Free-Surface Flows” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Clauss, G.F., Schmittner, C.E., Hennig, J., Guedes Soares, C., Fonseca, N. and Pascoal, R. (2004), “Bending Moments of an FPSO in Rogue Waves”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE´04), 20-25 June, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2004-51504 • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Energy Absorption and Rupture Analysis in Small-Scale Beams under Transverse Impact”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships (ICCGS 2004), 25-27 October, Izu, Japan, pp. 312-321 • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Energy Absorption and Rupture Analysis in Small-Scale Beams under Transverse Impact”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships (ICCGS´04), 25-27 October, Izu, Japan, Vol. I, pp. 312-321 • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental and numerical study of clamped beams subjected to impact in the mid-span”, Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04), (in Portuguese), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental and numerical study of clamped beams subjected to impact in the mid-span” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04), (in Portuguese), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental Study of the transverse impact on different points of the span of clamped beams with different lengths” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May - 2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Experimental Study of the transverse impact on different points of the span of clamped beams with different lengths” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May - 2 June, Lisbon, Portugal. • Dimas, D.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Numerical simulation of the transverse impact on different points of the span on a clamped beam” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Elavai, V., Sebastião, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Modelling sea surface elevation on the Portuguese coast due to meteorological and tidal effects” (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Conference on Engineering Computational Methods (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Ewans, K.C., Bitner-Gregersen, E. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004) , “Estimation of Wind-Sea and Swell Components in a Bimodal Sea State”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0045 • Ferreira, B., Gordo, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Collapse strength of non-reinforced tubular components” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Ferreira, B., Pasqualino, I.P., Estefan, S.F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Validation of a Numerical Model of the Collapse strength of Submarine Pipelines Subjected to External Pressures” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04) , 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C., (2004), “Green Water Effects on the Bow of a Containership Advancing in Regular and Irregular Waves”, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Practical Design of Ships and other Floating Structures (PRADS´04), 12-17 September, Luebeck-Travemuende, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 412-419 • Fonseca, N., Pascoal, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Calculation of loads induced by abnormal waves on Ship and FPSO hulls” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the 20th National Congress on Maritime Transport, Shipbuilding and Offshore (SOBENA´04), 8-12 November, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Garbatov, Y., Teixeira, A.P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Fatigue Reliability Assessment of a Converted FPSO Hull”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, USA, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0035 • Garbatov, Y., Vodkadzhiev, I. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Corrosion Wastage Assessment of Deck Structures of Bulk Carriers”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, pp. 24-32 • Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Probabilistic Models of Wave Parameters for the Assessment of Green Water on FPSO's”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0061 • Guedes Soares, C. (2004), "Probabilistic Wave Models for the Assessment of Green Water on FPSO's", Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0061 • Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Structural reliability of ships and floating platforms (FPSO)” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the 20th National Congress on Maritime Transport, Shipbuilding and Offshore (SOBENA’04), 8-12 November, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 1-16 • Guedes Soares, C. and Neves, S. (2004), “Modelling Tidal Current Profiles by Means of Empirical Orthogonal Functions”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0044 • Guedes Soares, C. and Veltcheva, A. (2004), “Wave Data Analysis by Hilbert Huang Transform and Conventional Discretization Methods”, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE´04), 19-24 September, Lisbon, Portugal, Paper nº 331 • Guedes Soares, C., Fonseca, N., Pascoal, R., Clauss, G.F., Schmittner, C.E. and Hennig, J. (2004), “Analysis of Wave Induced Loads on a FPSO Due to Abnormal Waves” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO’04-0073 • Guedes Soares, C., Fonseca, N., Pascoal, R., Clauss, G.F., Schmittner, C.E., Stutz, K. and Henning, J. (2004), “Analysis of Design Wave Induced Loads on a FPSO for Abnormal Waves”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, Houston, Texas, Paper OMAE-FPSO’04-0073 • Guedes Soares, C., Pascoal, R., Antão, E. M., Voogt, A. and Buchner, B. (2004), “An Approach to Calculate the Probability of Wave Impact on an FPSO Bow”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE´04), 20-25 June, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2004-51575 • Guedes Soares, C., Teixeira, A.P. and Antão, P. (2004), “Safety and Reliability Considerations in Different Industrial Sectors”, Proceedings of the IMS International Forum 2004, 17-19 May, Villa Erba,, Cernobbio, Italy, pp. 15-22 • Izquierdo, P. e Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Comparison of methods to estimate sea surface current by X band radar” (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Conference on Engineering Computational Methods (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Léon, S.A., Pilar, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Wave hindcast at the entrance of the Port of Lisbon” (in Portuguese), Proceedings of the Conference on Engineering Computational Methods (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Léon, S.P., Pilar, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “On the Accuracy of Wave Models in the Coastal Zone”, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE´04), 19-24 September, Lisbon, Portugal, Paper nº 53 • Léon, S.P., Pilar, P. e Guedes Soares, C. (2004), "On the Accuracy of Wave Models in a Coastal Zone", Actas da 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2004) - Coastal Engineering 2004, 19-24 Setembro 2004, World Scientific (Ed.), Vol. I, pp. 920-933, Lisboa, Portugal • Neves, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), "Modelling Current Profiles by Means of Empirical Orthogonal Functions", Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO'04-0044. • Panayotova, M., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Factors Influencing Corrosion of Steel Structural Elements Immersed in Seawater”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, pp. 280-286 • Panayotova, M., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Factors Influencing Atmospheric Corrosion and Corrosion in Closed Spaces of Marine Steel Structural”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, pp. 286-292 • Pardi, L., Shetty, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Risk and Reliability in Surface Transportation”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS'04), 18-22 October, Kyoto, Japan • Pascoal, R., Guedes Soares, C., Facon, G., Pétrié, F. and Vaché, M. (2004), “Hydrodynamic Analysis and Motions of the Octoplus Platform”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE´04), 20-25 June, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2004-51574 • Rodriguez, G.R., Pacheco, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Maximum Wave Height Distribution in a Sea State: Effects of Record Length and Spectral Peakedness”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE´04), 20–25 June, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2004-51642. • Rusu, E, Rusu, L. and Matulea, I. (2004), “Prediction of the Nearshore Wave Propagation with Spectral Models”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. I, pp. 142-150 • Rusu, E., Matulea, I. and Rusu, L. (2004), "Linear e Non Linear Models to Assess the Wave Induce Currents in the Nearshore", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. I, pp. 150-158 • Sadovsky, Z., Guedes Soares, C. and Teixeira, A.P. (2004), “On Lower Bound Solutions of Compression Strength of Plates with Random Imperfections”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures (ICTWS´04), 22-24 Junho, Loughborough, UK, Loughlan, J. (Ed.), IoP Publishing, pp. 565-572. • Santos, F.M., Santos, J.M., Duarte, F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Finite Element Analysis of a 30ft one-off Racer Cruiser Yacht”, Proceedings of the I International Symposium on Yacht Design and Production (MDY'04), 25-26 March, Madrid, Spain, pp. 267-278 • Santos, J.M. (2004), “Simplified Analysis of Ship Bending Vibrations” , Annual Proceedings of the Technical University of Varna, Student Scientific Contributions 2004 (Awarded First Prize of the Scientific Session), 29-30 Abril, Varna, Bulgaria • Skourup, J., Sterndorff, M.J., Smith, S.F., Cheng, X., Ahilan, R.V., Guedes Soares, C. and Pascoal, R. (2004), “Model Tests with an FPSO in Design Environmental Conditions”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE´04), 20-25 June, 2004, Vancouver, Canada, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE2004-51618 • Skourup, J., Sterndorff, M.J., Smith, S.F., Cheng, X., Ahilan, R.V., Guedes Soares, C. and Pascoal, R. (2004), “Experimental Study of Loads on an FPSO in Design Environmental Conditions”, Proceedings of the OMAE Specialty Conference on Integrity of Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) Systems, ASME, New York, Paper OMAE-FPSO’04-0069 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Transverse Impact of Circular Marine Composite Plates”, Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Sutherland, L.S., Rodrigues, B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Design and commissioning of a frame with a hydraulic activator for structural testing” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04) (in Portuguese), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Sutherland, L.S., Rodrigues, B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Design and commissioning of a portico with hydraulic actuator for structural testing" (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04), (in Portuguese), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Sutherland, L.S., Santos, F.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Indentation of composites of ship application” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 5th National Meeting of Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanics (APAET´04), 21-23 January, Coimbra, Portugal • Teixeira, A.P., Andreev, A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Stochastic analysis of the collapse strength of corroded plates” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Tomasevic, S., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Fatigue Damage Assessment of a Converted FPSO Hull”, Proceedings of the 9th Portuguese Conference on Fracture 2004, Portuguese Materials Society, 18-20 February, Setúbal, Portugal • Valchev, N., Pilar, P., Cherneva, Z. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Set-up and Validation of a Third-Generation Wave Model for the Black Sea”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (BlackSea´04), 7-9 October, Varna, Bulgaria, Vol. I, pp. 295-304 • Varela, J.M., Santos, T.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Visualization and Control of Ship Flooding Simulation in Virtual Environment” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congress on the Computational Methods in Engineering (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal • Varela, J.M., Santos, T.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2004), “Visualization and Control of Ship Flooding Simulation in Virtual Environment” (In Portuguese), Proceedings of the Congresso de Métodos Computacionais em Engenharia (CMCE´04), 31 May-2 June, Lisbon, Portugal

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