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Articles in Journals
 • Guedes Soares, C. and Roque, R. (1991), “Analysis of Rule Designed Fishing Vessels in Fibre Reinforced Plastics”, Bulletin Association Technique Maritime et Aeronautique, Issue 91, pp. 461-490

 • Carvalho, A. and Guedes Soares, C. (1996), “Dynamic Response of Rectangular Plates of Composite Materials Subjected to Impact Loads”, Composite Structures, Vol. 34, pp. 55-63

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (1999), “Impact of Tests of Woven Roving E-Glass/Polyester Laminates, Journal of Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 59, pp. 1553-1567

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (1999), “Effects of Laminate Thickness and Reinforcement Type on the Impact Behaviour of E-Glass / Polyester Laminates", Journal of Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 59, pp. 2243-2260

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Impact Behaviour of Low Fibre-Fraction Glass / Polyester Laminates”, Mecânica Experimental, Issue 7, pp. 53-59

 • Barradas Cardoso, J., Sousa, L.G., Castro, J.A. and Valido, A.J. (2002), “Optimal Design of Thin-Walled Composite Beam Structures”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Volume 24, pp. 205-211

 • Sutherland, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2003), “The Effects of Test Parameters on the Impact Response of Glass Reinforced Plastic using an Experimental Design Approach”, Composites Science & Technologies, Vol. 63, pp. 1-18

 • 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

 • 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

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Impact on Low Fibre-Volume, Glass / Polyester Rectangular Plates” , Composite Structures, Vol. 68, pp. 13-22

 • Sutherland, L.S., Santos, F.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Indentation of composites of ship application” (In Portuguese), Mecânica Experimental, Issue 11, pp. 35-45

 • Sutherland, L.S., Santos, F.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Indentation of composites of ship application" (In Portuguese), Mecânica Experimental, Issue 11, pp. 35-45

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Contact Indentation of Marine Composites”, Composite Structures, Vol. 70, pp. 287-294

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Impact Characterisation of Low Fibre-Volume Glass Reinforced Polyester Circular Laminated Plates”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 1-23

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2006), “Impact Behaviour of Typical Marine Composite Laminates”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 37, pp. 89-100

 • Chen, N.-Z. and Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Progressive Failure Analysis for Prediction of Post-buckling Compressive Strength of Laminated Composite Plates and Stiffened Panels”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 26, pp. 1021-1042

 • Chen, N.-Z. and Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Longitudinal Strength Analysis of Ship Hulls of Composite Materials under Sagging Moments”, Composite Structures, Vol. 77, Issues 1, pp. 36-44

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Scaling of Impact on Low Fibre-Volume Glass-Polyester Laminates”, Composites Part A, Vol. 38, pp. 307-317

 • Chen, N.-Z. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Analysis for Laminated Composite Plates”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 197, pp. 4830-4839

 • Chen, N.-Z. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Ultimate Longitudinal Strength of Ship Hulls in Composite Materials”, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 52, Issue 3, pp. 184-193

 • Oktem, A.S. and Chaudhuri, R.A. (2009), “Higher-order theory based boundary-discontinuous Fourier analysis of simply supported thick cross-ply doubly curved panels”, Composite Structures, Vol. 89, pp. 448-458

 • Mantari, J.L., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Static and dynamic analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates and shells by using a new higher-order shear deformation theory”, Composite Structures, Vol. 94(1), pp. 37-49

 • Mantari, J.L., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “A new trigonometric shear deformation theory for isotropic, laminated composite and sandwich plates”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 49, pp. 43-53

 • Mantari, J.L., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “A new trigonometric layerwise shear deformation theory for the finite element analysis of laminated composite and sandwich plates”, Computers and Structures, Vol. 94-95, pp. 45-53

 • Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Higher-Order Theory Based Fourier Analysis of Cross-Ply Plates and Doubly Curved Panels”, Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 46(21), pp. 2675-2694

 • Sutherland, L. S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “The use of quasi-static testing to obtain the low-velocity impact resistance of Marine GRP laminates”, Composites Part B, Vol. 43, pp. 1459-1467

 • Mantari, J.L., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “A new higher order shear deformation theory for sandwich and composite laminated plates”, Composites Part: B, Vol. 43, Issue 3, pp. 1489-1499

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Generalized hybrid quasi-3D shear deformation theory for the static analysis of advanced composite plates”, Composite Structures, Vol. 94, pp. 2561-2575

 • Mantari, J.L., Oktem, A.S. e Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Bending and free vibration analysis of isotropic and multilayered plates and shells by using a new accurate higher-order shear deformation theory”, Composites: Part B, Vol. 43, pp. 3348-3360

 • Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2012), “Analysis of the Static Response of Cross-Ply Simply Supported Plates and Shells Based on a Higher-Order Theory”, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Vol. 48(1), pp. 65-76

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Finite element formulation of a generalized higher order shear deformation theory for advanced composite plates”, Composite Structure, Volume 96, pp. 545-553

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Generalized layerwise HSDTs and finite element formulation for symmetric laminated and sandwich composite plates”, Composite Structures, Volume 105, pp. 319-331

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Stress Concentration/Intensity around Elliptical/Circular Cylinder Shaped Surface Flaws in Thin Cross-Ply Plates and St. Venant’s Principle”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Volume 37, pp. 1362-1377

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Stress Concentration/Intensity around Elliptical/Circular Cylinder Shaped Surface Flaws in Thin Cross-Ply Plates and St. Venant’s Principle”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 37, pp. 1362-1377

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2013), “Internally Pressurized Thin Unsymmetric Cross-Ply Cantilever Cylindrical Shells”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 51(10), pp. 2523-2526

 • Mantari, J.L., Granados, E.V. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014), “Vibrational analysis of advanced composite plates resting on elastic foundation”, Composites Part B, Vol. 66, pp. 407-419

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014), “A trigonometric plate theory with 5-unknows and stretching effect for advanced composite plates”, Composite Structures, Vol. 107, pp. 396-405

 • Mantari, J.L., Granados, E.V., Hinostroza, M.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014) , “Modelling advanced composite plates resting on elastic foundation by using a quasi-3D hybrid type HSDT”, Composite Structures, Vol. 118, pp. 455-471

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014), “A trigonometric plate theory with 5-unknows and stretching effect for advanced composite plates”, Composite Structures, Vol. 107, pp. 396-405

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014) , “Static response of advanced composite plates by a new non-polynomial higher-order shear deformation theory”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 78, pp. 60-71

 • Mantari, J.L., Bonilla, E.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014) , “A new tangential-exponential higher order shear deformation theory for advanced composite plates”, Composites Part B, Vol. 60, pp. 319-328

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2014) , “Four-unknowns quasi-3D shear deformation theory for advanced composite plates”, Composite Structures, Vol. 109, pp. 231-239

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Beam-Column and Tie-Bar Effects in Internally Pressurized Thin Arbitrarily Laminated Cantilever Cylindrical Shells”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2015, Vol. 141, pp. 04014131-1 - 04014131-13

 • Mantari, J.L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Five-unknowns generalized hybrid-type quasi-3D HSDT for advanced composite plates”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 39, pp. 5598-5615

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Influence of different parameters on the deflection of composite laminates containing through-the-width delamination using Layerwise HSDT”, Composite Structures, Vol. 132, pp. 341-349

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Levy-Type Boundary Fourier Analysis of Thick Clamped Hyperbolic-Paraboloidal Cross-ply Panels”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 53(1), pp. 140-149

 • Chaudhuri, R.A., Oktem, A.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Levy-Type Boundary Fourier Analysis of Thick Cross-ply Panels with Negative Gaussian Curvature”, Composites Part B, Vol. 53(9), pp. 2492-2503

 • Li, XB. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Spectral finite element analysis of in-plane free vibration of laminated composite shallow arches”, Composite Structures, Vol. 132, pp. 484-494

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Behaviour of composite laminates with embedded delaminations”, Composite Structures, Vol. 150, pp. 226-239

 • Sutherland, L.S., Si, M.F., Correia, J.R., Guedes Soares, C., Gomes, A. and Silvestre, N. (2016), “Quasi-static indentation response of pedestrian bridge multicellular pultruded GFRP deck panels”, Construction & Building Materials, 2016, Vol. 118, pp. 307-318

 • Valido, A.J. and Barradas Cardoso, J. (2016), “Design variation of thin-walled composite beam cross-section properties”, Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 12(3), pp. 558-576

 • Sutherland, L.S., Amado, C. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Statistical experimental design techniques to investigate the strength of adhesively bonded T-joints”, Composite Structures, Vol. 159, pp. 445-454

 • Sutherland, L.S., Sá, M.F., Correia, J.R., Guedes Soares, C., Gomes, A. and Silvestre, N. (2017), “Impact response of pedestrian bridge multicellular GFRP deck panels”, Composite Structures, Vol. 171, pp 473-485

 • Sutherland, L.S., Sá, M.F., Correia, J.R., Guedes Soares, C., Gomes, A. and Silvestre, N. (2017), “Impact response of pedestrian bridge multicellular GFRP deck panels”, Composite Structures, Vol. 171, pp 473-485

 • Sutherland, L.S. (2018), “A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part II – Impact event and material parameters”, Composite Structures, Vol. 188, pp. 503-511

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018) , “Experimental, numerical and analytical study of bending of rectangular composite laminates”, European Journal of Mechanics A- Solids (EJMAS), Vol. 72, pp. 155-174

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Experimental and numerical study of hybrid steel-FRP balcony overhang of ships under shear and bending”, Marine Structures, Vol. 60, pp. 15-33

 • Sutherland, L.S. (2018), “A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part I – Marine impacts on marine composites”, Composite Structures, Vol. 188, pp. 197-208

 • Sutherland, L.S. (2018), “A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part III – Damage tolerance and durability”, Composite Structures, Vol. 188, pp. 512-518

 • Sutherland, L.S. (2018), “A review of impact testing on marine composite materials: Part IV – Scaling, strain rate and marine-type laminates”, Composite Structures, . Vol. 200, pp. 929-938

 • Kharghani, N., Alizadeh, F., Guedes Soares, C. and Tsouvalis, N.G. (2019), “Experimental and numerical study of a composite-to-steel joint under bending and torsion loads”, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Vol. 233(3), pp. 722-734

 • Kharghani, N., Guedes Soares, C. and Tsouvalis, N.G. (2019), Experimental and numerical study of the bolt reinforcement of a composite-to-steel butt-joint under three-point bending test, Marine Structures, Vol. 63, pp. 384-403

 • Pinheiro, B., Guedes Soares, C. and Pasqualino, I.P. (2019), “Generalized expressions for stress concentration factors of pipeline plain dents under cyclic internal pressure”, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 170, pp. 82-91

 • Alizadeh, F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Experimental and numerical investigation of the fracture toughness of Glass/Vinylester composite laminates”, European Journal of Mechanics A- Solids (EJMAS), Vol. 73, pp. 204-211

 • Sutherland, L.S., Amado, C. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Statistical analyses of the effects of bonding parameters and fabrication robustness on the strength of adhesive T-joints”, Composites Part B, Vol. 175, pp. 107063 (9 pages)

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Mechanical properties evaluation of the components of a failed hybrid steel-FRP balcony overhang in ships” , Marine Structures, Vol. 68, pp. 102647 (21 pgs)

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Analytical and experimental study of the ultimate strength of delaminated composite laminates under compressive loading”, Composite Structures, Vol. 228, pp. 11355-1 - 111355-18

 • Garrido, M., Teixeira, R., Correia, J.R. and Sutherland, L.S. (2019), “Quasi-static indentation and impact in glass-fibre reinforced polymer sandwich panels for civil and ocean engineering applications”, Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 0(0), pp. 1-28

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020) , “Experimental, numerical and analytical study of buckling of rectangular composite laminates”, European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, Vol. 79, pp. 103869-1 - 103869-15

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020), “Analysis of composite laminates containing through-the-width and embedded delamination under bending using layerwise HSDT”, European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, Vol. 82, pp. 104003 (Pages 19)

 • Li, MZ., Yan, RJ., Xu, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “A general framework of higher-order shear deformation theories with a novel unified plate model for composite laminated and FGM plates”, Composite Structures, Vol. 261, 113560 (12 pages)

 • Li, MZ., Yan, RJ. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Free vibration of advanced composite plates using a new higher order shear deformation theory”, European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, Vol. 88, 104236 (13 pages)

 • Alizadeh, F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Influence of long-term moisture exposure and impact damage on the residual compressive strength of Glass-reinforced Vinylester”, Composite Structures, Vol. 260, 113525 (15 pages).

 • Li, MZ. Guedes Soares, C. and Yan, RJ. (2021), “Free vibration analysis of FGM plates on Winkler/Pasternak/Kerr foundation by using a simple quasi-3D HSDT”, Composite Structures, Vol. 264, 113643 (12 pages)

 • Xu, L., Kharghani, N., Li, MZ. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Design improvement of a composite-to-steel butt-joint based on finite element analysis”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 238, 109771.

 • Santos, F.A., Rebelo, H., Coutinho, C., Sutherland, L.S., Cismasiu, C., Farina, I. and Fraternali, F. (2021), “Low velocity impact response of 3D printed structures formed by cellular metamaterials and stiffening plates: PLA vs. PETg”, Composite Structures, Vol. 256, 113128.

 • Alizadeh, F., Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Effect of long-term moisture exposure on impact response of Glass-reinforced Vinylester”, Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Vol. 235(4), pp. 854-865.

 • Calvário, M., Li, Zh. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Buckling strength of a composite material wave energy converter structure under slamming loads”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 241, 110044.

 • Wang, S., Rolland, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Analytical and numerical analysis of slamming induced vibrations on composite plates”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 258, 111643.

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Application of Layerwise HSDT and fracture analysis in the ultimate strength of composite plates with delamination in bending”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 234-235, 111263.

 • Li, MZ., Liu, ZP., Yan, RJ., Lu, JP. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Experimental and numerical investigation on composite single-lap single-bolt sandwich joints with different geometric parameters”, Marine Structures, Vol. 85, 103259.

 • Li, Zh., Guedes Soares, C. and Pan, G. (2022), “Buckling prediction for composite laminated cylindrical shells in underwater environment”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 258, 111244.

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Impact resistance of cork-skinned marine PVC/GRP sandwich laminates”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 180, 109830.

 • Alizadeh, F., Mazrouee, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Numerical analysis on residual ultimate strength of composite laminates under uniaxial compressive load”, Composite Structures, Vol. 300, 116161.



Articles in Books
 • Guedes Soares, C., Roque, R. and Guedes da Silva, A. (1990), “Considerations about the Structural Design of Fishing Vessels in Composite Materials” (In Portuguese), The Fishing Navy, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal, Vol. VIII, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 28.1 - 28.36

 • Guedes Soares, C., Costa, P.J. and Neves, R. (1992), “Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of Composite Materials for Fishing Vessels” (In Portuguese), Exploring the Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Portugal (in Portuguese), Vol. IX, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Lisbon, pp. 17.1-17.26

 • Guedes Soares, C., Faúlha, A.Q. and Antão, R. (2000), “Behaviour of Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials Subjected to Impact” (In Portuguese), The Sea and the Challenges of the Future, Guedes Soares, C. e J. Beirão Reis (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 293-310

 • Centeno, R., Oliveira, A., Fonseca, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Design of a Purse Seiner in Composite Materials” (In Portuguese), The Sea, Source of Sustainable Development, Guedes Soares, C., Beirão Reis, J. and Martins Guerreiro, M.B. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisboa, pp. 95-109

 • Macário, P., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Structural analysis of a fishing vessel” (In Portuguese), The Sea, Source of Sustainable Development, Guedes Soares, C., Beirão Reis, J. and Martins Guerreiro, M. B. (Eds.), Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon, pp. 111-128

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2005), “Impact on Single-Skin Marine Composites”, Maritime Transportation and Exploitation of Ocean and Coastal Resources, Guedes Soares, C., Garbatov, Y. e Fonseca, N. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 535-542

 • Guedes Soares, C., Chen, N.-Z., Santos, F.M. and Santos, C. (2007), “An Experimental and Numerical Study on GFRP Box Girder under Pure Bending”, Advancements in Marine Structures, C. Guedes Soares and P. K. Das (Eds.), London – UK, pp. 385-390

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Scaling of Impact on Glass-Polyester Laminated Plates”, Maritime Industry, Ocean Engineering and Coastal Resources, 2008, Guedes Soares, C. and Kolev, P. (Editors), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., pp. 293-300

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Scaling of Impact on Glass-Polyester Laminated Plates”, Maritime Industry, Ocean Engineering and Coastal Resources, 2008, Guedes Soares, C. and Kolev, P. (Editors), Taylor & Francis Group, London, U.K., pp. 293-300

 • Franco, R., Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C.(2008), “The Resin Infusion Process for Marine Application” (In Portuguese), The Portuguese Maritime Sector, Edições Salamandra, Lda., Lisbon

 • Castilho, T., Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Impact resistance of marine sandwich composites”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 607-618

 • Sutherland, L.S., Alizadeh, F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2015), “Flexural testing of sandwich laminates for steel-composite joints”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 637-646

 • Kharghani, N., Guedes Soares, C. and Milat, A. (2015), “Analysis of the stress distribution in a composite to steel joint”, Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 619-626

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Investigating T-joint strength parameters using statistical experimental design and analysis techniques”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 569-574

 • Alizadeh, F., Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Effect of vacuum bag pressure on the flexural properties of GFRP composite laminates”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 429-434

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Effect of uncertainty in the geometry and material properties on the post-buckling behavior of a composite laminate”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 497-503

 • Alizadeh, F., Liu, B. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Experimental and numerical response and failure of laterally impacted composite circular plates”, Maritime Technology and Engineering 3, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T. A., (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 421-428

 • Kharghani, N., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Hotspot stress analysis of a composite T-joint accounting for geometric and surface roughness effects”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 849-858

 • Alizadeh, F., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “Numerical investigation of pre-damaged composite plates subjected to compressive uniaxial load”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 841-848

 • Alizadeh, F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017) , “Numerical analysis of mixed-mode fracture toughness of glass/vinylester composite laminates”, Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Guedes Soares, C. & Garbatov Y. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 329-335

 • Nascimento, F., Sutherland, L.S. and Garbatov, Y. (2018), “Experimental and numerical structural analysis of a windsurf fin”, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 387-394

 • Calvário, M., Teixeira, A.P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Uncentainty propagation and sensitivity analysis of a laminated composite beam”, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 395-402

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “Experimental study of the residual strength of damaged hybrid steel-FRP balcony overhangs of ships”, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Progress in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 403-412

 • Kharghani, N. and Guedes Soares, C. (2019), “Flexural Behaviour Prediction of a Conventional Composite-to-Steel Butt-Joint of Ships Using Layerwise HSDT”, Trends in Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Parunov, J. & Guedes Soares C. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 369-375

 • Rothbarth, G.V.W. and Pinto, R.A.Q. (2019), “Fibreglass repair behaviour as a function of the scarf angle”, Trends in Analysis and Design of Marine Structures, Parunov, J. & Guedes Soares C. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 385-390

 • Calvário, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Study of a composite pressure hull for point absorber wave energy converter”, Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A., (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol 1, pp. 639-646.

 • Calvário, M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2022), “Uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis of a composite material wave energy converter structure”, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 69-78.

 • Sutherland, L.S., Cardoso de Brito, M., Chaves Pereira, J., Arruda, M.R. and Benson, S. (2022), “Fluid-structure interaction analyses of a composite windsurf fin”, Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering, Guedes Soares, C. & Santos T.A. (Eds.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, Vol. 1, pp. 223-232.



Articles in Conferences
 • Guedes Soares, C. (2000), “Impact Strength of Glass-Fibre Composites”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Lightweight Construction Latest Developments, 24-25 February, London,UK, paper 11, pp 1-9

 • Sutherland, L. and Guedes Soares, C. (2001), “Impact Behaviour of Low Fibre-Fraction Glass / Polyester Laminates”, Proceedings of the 4th APAET Meeting - Experimental Stress Analysis and Experimental Mechanic, 17-19 October, Bragança, Portugal, pp. 39-40

 • Chen, N.-Z., Garbatov, Y. and Guedes Soares, C. (2002), “Finite Element Analysis of a Fishing Vessel Built of Composite Materials”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology (Black Sea´02), 10-12 October, Varna, Bulgaria

 • 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

 • 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

 • Garbatov, Y, Sutherland, L.S., Guedes Soares, C. and Cabral, G.P. (2005), “Structural Assessment of a Fishing Vessel Built of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyester Resin”, Proceedings of the RINA Conference on Fishing Vessels, Fishing Technology and Fisheries, 13-14 April, Newcastle, U. K, pp. 89-98

 • Sutherland, L.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2007), “Impact on Marine Laminates”, Proceeding of the International Conference "The Modern Yacht (RINA), The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 11-12 October, Southampton, UK

 • Oktem, A.S., Chaudhuri, R.A. and Guedes Soares, C. (2009), “A Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory based Fourier Solutions for Fully Clamped General Cross-ply Plates”, Proceeding of the 15th International Conference on Composite Structures (ICCS15), 14-17 June, Porto, Portugal

 • Shenoi, A., Beck, R., Boote, D., Davies, P., Hage, A., Hudson, D., Kageyama, K., Keuning, J.A., Miller, P. and Sutherland, L. (2009), “Committee V.8 - Sailing Yacht Design”, Proceedings of the 17th International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), 16-21 August, 2009, Jang, C. D. and Hong, S. Y. (Eds.), Seoul National University, Vol. 2, pp. 433-493

 • Oktem, A.S., Alankaya, V. and Guedes Soares, C. (2011), “Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates using a Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory”, Ankara International Aerospace Conference (AIAC), 14-16 September, Ankara Turkey



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