- Category
- Professor
- Organic Unit
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- v.costa@ua.pt
- Ciência ID
- AF13-F7BF-568B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4975-6055
Vítor António Ferreira da Costa. Obtained the following academic degrees: - Full Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering (2008) by the University of Aveiro, PhD in Mechanical Engineering (1996) by the University of Coimbra, (Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Examination) equivalent degree to the MSc in Mechanical Engineering (1989) by the University of Coimbra, BSc in Mechanical Engineering (1986) by the University of Coimbra. He is Full Professor at the University of Aveiro since 2016. He received 7 prizes or distinctions. His actuation is in the main area of Sciences, Engineering and Technologies, with emphasis in Mechanical Engineering.
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Tubos de Calor de Grafeno Processados a Laser para Gestão Térmica com Baixo Peso e Elevado Desempenho
2025
2022.03946.PTDCArmazenamento de Energia Solar Térmica por Adsorção de Longa Duração- AdsorSeason
2025
2022.03339.PTDCDesenvolvimento de fornos de cozinha para queima de hidrogénio
12/31/2025
Nº 46OLIAir (Desenvolvimento de sistemas de eliminação de cheiros de casa de banho e desenvolvimento de torneira de pino móvel para enchimento de autoclismos)
12/31/2025
Nº 46WP1 - Bombas de calor (Desenvolvimento e implementação de processo de fabrico de bombas de calor)
12/31/2025
Nº 46Biomass and Waste Gasification for Production of Gases for Fuel Synthesis
12/31/2025
Nº 32EFACEC - FLEX – Soluções Modulares de Sistemas de Energéticas Móveis e Compactos
12/31/2025
Nº 56EFACEC - NextGenST – Nova Geração de Transformadores Shell
12/31/2025
Nº 56EFACEC - RenewDT – Transformador de Distribuição Inovador até 170kV e 25MVA para renováveis
12/31/2025
Nº 56Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes
12/31/2025
10.54499/LA/P/0104/2020AdsorTech - Tecnologia de Adsorção para Armazenamento Suplementar de Energia Térmica
06/30/2023
FEDER-47070Promoção da Sustentabilidade e da Economia Circular na UA
11/01/2020
NAE-NOx - Valorização de Correntes de N2O e NOx em Reações de Oxidação Através de Processos Eletroquímicos
03/14/2023
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039926Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation
12/31/2024
10.54499/UIDB/00481/2020Desenvolvimento e Teste de Caixas de Gorduras para Utilização na Indústria da Restauração
02/01/2020
NAOPTFill - Desenvolvimento de Soluções e Resolução de Problemas Associados às Válvulas de Enchimento de Autoclismos
12/31/2020
NACentro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação
12/31/2019
154817UIDWF-NB-IOT – P2020 – 39396 - (Wall Fit – Narrowband Internet of Things)
11/30/2021
P2020 31/SI/2017THERMACORE
06/30/2021
FCT/PAS20/030364SambucusValor
03/01/2022
PDR2020-101-031117, Parceria nº 146/ Iniciativa nº 341Finalização dos aspetos hidráulicos e térmicos relativos ao projeto WashOne
07/31/2018
NAMelhoria do Desempenho de Armários Frigoríficos Profissionais
01/31/2019
NAMelhoria do Desempenho de Armários Frigoríficos Profissionais
01/31/2019
NACedência dos direitos de Propriedade Intelectual associada ao projeto WashOne - Sanita Inovadora Integrando Múltiplas Funções de Conforto, Higiene e Sustentabilidade
06/01/2017
NASGH ¿ Smart Green Homes - Bombas de Calor por Compressão de Vapor, incluindo a elaboração de uma plataforma virtual para o teste deste tipo de bombas de calor, e de Bombas de Calor por Adsorção
09/30/2020
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678SGH – Smart Green Homes - LD1+LD4 - Bombas de calor e sistemas de condicionamento e tratamento de ar, e sistemas de tratamento de água
09/30/2020
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678SGH – Smart Green Homes - LD2 – Sistemas de aquecimento de água por combustão de gás
09/30/2020
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678SGH – Smart Green Homes - LD3 – Sistemas elétricos de aquecimento de água
09/30/2020
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678SGH – Smart Green Homes
Melhoria do Desempenho de Armários Frigoríficos Profissionais
09/16/2017
NAWashOne – P2020 – 17461 - Sanita Inovadora Integrando Múltiplas Funções de Conforto, Higiene e Sustentabilidade
07/31/2018
P2020 33/SI/2015Consultoria e Esclarecimento de Possíveis Formas de Solução para o Desafio Colocado na Plataforma InoCrowd com o nome ‘Atuador Eletromecânico para Válvulas de Gás’
12/23/2014
NAPlug&Heat – Sistema Compacto de Média Potência para a Produção de Energia Térmica a partir de Biomassa
06/30/2015
QREN 38938Conceção, Otimização, Prototipagem e Teste de Sistemas de Bombas de Calor Usando CO2 para Aquecimento de Águas Domésticas
12/31/2014
NAPlug&Heat – Sistema Compacto de Média Potência para a Produção de Energia Térmica a partir de Biomassa
06/30/2015
QREN 38938AquaSave – Conceção, Desenvolvimento, Prototipagem e Ensaio de um Sistema Anti-Fugas de Água em Autoclismos com Características de Simplicidade e Fiabilidade de Instalação e Utilização Superiores às Soluções Existentes no Mercado
02/29/2016
QREN/30296Cedência dos direitos de Propriedade Intelectual associada ao projeto AquaSave – Conceção, Desenvolvimento, Prototipagem e Ensaio de um Sistema Anti-Fugas de Água em Autoclismos com Características de Simplicidade e Fiabilidade de Instalação e Utiliz
09/01/2013
NACompósitos Celulares à Base de Materiais de Mudança de Fase com Elevada Condutividade Térmica e Estabilização de Forma
05/31/2015
PTDC/CTM-ENE/2073/2012Enfrentando os Desafios da Caraterização de Novos Materiais e Processos Térmicos (Heat@UA)
12/31/2015
RECI/CTM-CER/0336/2012Em Volta da Energia
07/31/2014
PEC 201Desenvolvimento de um Sistema para Resolver de uma Forma Eficiente, em Termos Energéticos e com Custos Aceitáveis, e Satisfazendo as Condições de Conforto do Utilizador, os Problemas de Undershoot e Overshoot de Temperatura Aquando das Variaç
08/31/2013
NAASTHMA - Gestão Futura da Asma Apoiada Por Amostragem Não Invasiva: Contributos para a Definição de um Meio de Diagnóstico Rápido e não Invasivo
08/15/2015
PTDC/QUI-QUI/117803/2010CureCork - Investigação e Desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Cura de Aglomerados de Cortiça com Características Inovadoras
06/30/2013
QREN 23281DOSING - Desenvolvimento, Implementação e Teste de Sistema Doseador de Produtos de Limpeza e Higienização da Sanita na Água de Descarga do Autoclismo, sem Contaminação da Água Contida no Autoclismo
06/30/2013
QREN 22800DOSING (Desenvolvimento, Implementação e Teste de Sistema Doseador de Produtos de Limpeza e Higienização da Sanita na Água de Descarga do Autoclismo, sem Contaminação da Água Contida no Autoclismo)
06/30/2013
NAConceção, e Desenvolvimento e Teste de Máquina para Injeção de Pequenas Peças na Indústria de Porcelanas
05/31/2012
NACedência dos direitos de Propriedade Intelectual associada ao projeto DOSING - Desenvolvimento, Implementação e Teste de Sistema Doseador de Produtos de Limpeza e Higienização da Sanita na Água de Descarga do Autoclismo, sem Contaminação da Água Cont
06/01/2011
NAConceção, e Desenvolvimento de Sistema de Doseamento e Corte de Massa de Pão
02/29/2012
NAProjecto Estratégico - UI 481 - 2011-2012
12/31/2012
PEst-C/EME/UI0481/2011Estabelecimento de Procedimento de Cálculo Térmico e Mecânico de Permutadores de Calor de Camisa Usados em Instalações Solares Térmicas, e Elaboração de Ferramenta Informática para Simulação Dinâmica de uma Instalação Solar Térmica a Operar por Termo
05/31/2009
NAConceção, Desenvolvimento e Implementação de Sistema de Corte de Pão
03/31/2010
NADesenvolvimento, Implementação e Teste de um Sistema de Exaustão de Cheiros de Casa de Banho
12/31/2010
NAMicroMed
06/30/2011
Projecto nº 1561, I&DT EM CO-PROMOÇÃOPrisionAir
2010
QREN 5433Formação e Desenvolvimento em Permutadores de Calor de Placas
12/31/2008
NAModelação Refinada do Processo RTM através da Metodologia ‘Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
06/30/2008
POCI/EME/59728/2004Cabina de Banho com Sistema de Secagem por Fluxo de Ar
02/28/2007
NASub-projeto Climatização, inserido nos projetos Aveiro Domus e Casa do Futuro
03/31/2007
NADesenvolvimento de Produto e Automação Industrial
05/31/2006
NAImplementação Tecnológica e Desenvolvimento de Produto, Projeto Mecânico, Análise Estrutural e Simulação Numérica de Injeção de Plásticos
04/30/2006
NASub-projeto Climatização, inserido nos projetos Aveiro Domus e Casa do Futuro
07/26/2005
NATBOIASIL - Desenvolvimento de uma Torneira de Boia Silenciosa para Aplicação em Autoclismos
2007
70/00122Sub-projeto Águas Interiores, inserido nos projetos Aveiro Domus e Casa do Futuro
03/31/2007
NADesenvolvimento de Válvulas de Enchimento de Autoclismos Classificadas como de Nível de Ruído Zero pela Norma ISO 3822 - 1
02/28/2005
NAOtimização do Processo de Descarga de Reservatórios de Água de Instalações Sanitárias
09/30/2005
POCTI/EME/46836/2002Otimização e Desenvolvimento do Processo de Consolidação de Componentes Obtidos por Injeção de Resinas Termo-Endurecíveis (RIM)
10/31/2005
POCTI/EME/39247/2001Resolução de Problemas e Desenvolvimento de Soluções para Sistemas de Enchimento e de Descarga de Autoclismos
12/31/2002
NAModelação Física e Numérica da Fabricação de Compósitos Poliméricos
07/31/2004
POCTI/EME/36263/2000Resolução de Problemas e Desenvolvimento de Soluções Conducentes a uma Válvula de Enchimento de Autoclismos Classificada no Nível de Ruído Zero pela Norma ISO 3822 - 1
12/31/2001
NAVentilação por Deslocamento em Locais de Trabalho
12/31/2000
JNICT/CNRSO Escoamento Atmosférico e a Dispersão de Poluentes em Ambiente Urbano: Desenvolvimento de uma Metodologia a Aplicar em Geometrias Complexas
09/30/1999
PRAXIS/3/3.1/CEG/2647/95
Publications
Revisiting relative humidity: conceptual ambiguities and applicability conditions
Celestino Rodrigues Ruivo; Fernando Domínguez-Muñoz; Vitor A. F. Costa
Science and Technology for the Built Environment | 2026Additional Contributions of Thermodynamics to Economics
Vítor Costa
Economies | 2025Research Trends on Construction Insulation Materials Incorporating Fiberglass from End-of-Life Wind Turbine Blades and Textile Waste with Bio-Binders
António Figueiredo; German Vela; Romeu Vicente; Vítor Costa
2025A novel heat transfer modeling methodology for regenerative cooling in liquid propellant rocket engines
J. Dias; T. Gândara; V. Costa
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | 2025Correction: Esfandi et al. Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of a Novel Hybrid System to Produce Electricity, Cooling, and Syngas. Energies 2020, 13, 6453
Abolfazl Ahmadi; Afshin Davarpanah; Amir Arsalan Rabanian; Biplab Das; Mehdi Ali Ehyaei; Mohammad Asayesh; Saeed Esfandi; Simin Baloochzadeh; Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2025Temperature Assessment Through Decal Color in Microwave-Fired Porcelain
Luc Hennetier; Luís C. Costa; Tiago Santos; Vitor A. F. Costa
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing | 2025Exploring the Analogies Between Thermodynamics and Economics
V. A. F. Costa
14th National and 5th International Conference in Engineering Thermodynamics (14CNIT) | 2025Analogy to help learn and understand the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, entropy generation, irreversibility, and power cycles
V. A. F. Costa
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education | 2024Desenvolvimento de Painéis Produzidos a Partir de Resíduos de Pás de Turbinas Eólicas em Fim de Vida: Desempenho Mecânico e Acústico
V. A. F. Costa
5º Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Materiais de Construção Sustentáveis (CLBMCS 2024), e Congresso Construção 2024 | 2024A Four Laws Structure for Looking at Economics through the Eyes of Thermodynamics
Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2024Looking at Economics through the Eyes of Thermodynamics
Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2024Smart energy management system for e-bikes
GÂNDARA, TIAGO; Santos, José Paulo; V. A. F. Costa
TEchMA2024 – 7th International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions | 2024Hydrogen-Based Energy Systems: Current Technology Development Status, Opportunities and Challenges
Francisco P. Brito; Inês Rolo; Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2023Professor Adrian Bejan on his 75th birthday
Amon, Cristina H.; Awad, Mohamed M.; Basak, Tanmay; Bayazitoglu, Yildiz; Bello-Ochende, Tunde; et al; Lage, José L.; Worek, William M.
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer | 2023Modular sandwich panel system for non-loadbearing walls – Experimental mechanical, fire and acoustic testing
Costa, Vítor; Ferreira, Susana; Morais, Miguel; Pereira, Tiago; Teles, João; Vela, German; Velosa, Ana
Journal of Building Engineering | 2023Thermal Anisotropy of Natural Cork
J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
CSA2023 – Cork in Science and Applications | 2023Modelling and analysis of a complete adsorption heat pump system
J.M.S. Dias; V. A. F. Costa
Research Highlights da Revista Research@ua | 2023Overview of the Principles of Construction 4.0
M. Morais; S. Ferreira; V. A. F. Costa
2nd International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, CEES2023 | 2023Modeling and parametric optimization of a liquid piston compressor with inner cooling tubes
Cerkovnik, N.; Costa, V.A.F.; Lopes, A.M.G.
Applied Thermal Engineering | 2023Microstructure analysis of microwave and conventionally fired porcelain
Luís M. C. M. Costa; Tiago A. C. Santos; Vitor A. F. Costa
Fire and Materials | 2023ON THE BEST COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFIC HEATING OR COOLING POWER COMBINATION FOR ADSORPTION REFRIGERATORS AND HEAT PUMPS
João. M.S. Dias; Vítor. A.F. Costa
International Journal of Refrigeration | 2023Adsorption Cooler Design, Dynamic Modeling, and Performance Analyses
João M. S. Dias; Vitor A. F. Costa
Clean Technologies | 2022The Load Shifting Potential of Domestic Refrigerators in Smart Grids: A Comprehensive Review
Daniel Lemos Marques; Fernando José Neto da Silva; Jorge Augusto Ferreira; Luis Sousa Rodrigues; Nelson Dias Martins; Vítor António Ferreira Costa
Energies | 2022The Role of the Compressor Isentropic Efficiency in Non-Intrusive Refrigerant Side Characterization of Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump Water Heaters
Francisco B. Lamas; Vitor A. F. Costa
Clean Technologies | 2022Global insight into microwave stoneware firing: Crystallochemical transformations
Costa, L.C.; Costa, V.A.F.; Gomes, C.S.F.; Santos, N.F.; Santos, T.
Ceramics International | 2022Modelling and analysis of a complete adsorption heat pump system
Costa, Vitor A.F.; Dias, João M.S.
Applied Thermal Engineering | 2022A unifying network approach for circuits simplification and equivalent resistances, capacitors and inductors evaluation
V A F Costa
Physics Education | 2022Thermal Response of Magnetic Refrigerants: Combined Effect of Temperature Dependent Specific Heat and Thermal Conductivity
Antonio P. Lopes; Joao S. Amaral; Vitor A. F. Costa
Applied Sciences | 2022Análise do Desempenho Energético de uma Bomba de Calor de CO2 Transcrítico para Aquecimento de Águas Sanitárias
F. B. Lamas; V. A. F. Costa
AVAC Magazine | 2022In-Tube Heat Transfer Correlations for Transcritical CO2 Heat Pumps Modelling - Review and Critical Analysis
F. B. Lamas; V. A. F. Costa
CYTEF 2022 - XI Congreso Ibérico y IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío | 2022Adsorption Heat Pumps Design, Modeling, and Dynamics and Performance Analyses
J. M. S. Dias; V. A. F. Costa
CYTEF 2022 - XI Congreso Ibérico y IX Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío | 2022Development of a Model to Predict the Performance of a Box Solar Cooker Including the Radiant Heat Exchanges Between its Inner Surfaces
C. R. Ruivo; M. H. Lopes; V. A. F. Costa
CONSOLFOOD 2022 – 4th International Conference on Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing | 2022Permittivity Measurements of Ceramic Materials for Using and Firing in Microwave Furnaces
Devesa, S.; L. C. Costa; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa
Permittivity Measurements of Ceramic Materials for Using and Firing in Microwave Furnaces | 2022Microwave versus conventional porcelain firing: Colour analysis
Costa, L.C.; Costa, V.A.F.; Hennetier, L.; Santos, T.
Materials Chemistry and Physics | 2022On the convergence of the iterative methods
V. A. F. Costa
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals | 2021Modeling and Analysis of a Coated Tube Adsorber for Adsorption Heat Pumps
João M. S. Dias; Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2021Development of a modular sandwich panel wall system ¿ experimental structural tests
Ferreira, Susana; Morais, Miguel; V. A. F. Costa; Vela, German
CEES 2021 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY | 2021Development of a Modular Sandwich Panel Wall System – Experimental Structural Tests
G. Vela; M. Morais; S. Ferreira; V. A. F. Costa
International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, CEES2021 | 2021Alterações Climáticas e Eventos Climáticos Extremos: É Urgente (re)Pensar o Futuro
V. A. F. Costa
O Ilhavense | 2021Development of a modular sandwich panel wall system ¿ modelling and numerical simulations
Ferreira, Susana; Morais, Miguel; V. A. F. Costa; Vela, German
8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND URBAN ENGINEERING (ICCUE 2021) | 2021Global insight into microwave stoneware firing: Macro and microstructural changes
Celso S. F. Gomes; Luc Hennetier; Luís C. Costa; Tiago Santos; Vitor A. F. Costa
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology | 2021Development of a Modular Sandwich Panel Wall System – Modelling and Numerical Simulations
G. Vela; M. Morais; S. Ferreira; V. A. F. Costa
2021 8th International Conference on Civil and Urban Engineering (ICCUE 2021) | 2021Virtual Test Bench for the Design of Control Strategies for Water Heaters
Costa, Vítor A. F.; Ferreira, Jorge A. F.; Martins, N.; Oliveira, Jonathan D.; Quintã, André F.
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications | 2021Microwave Versus Conventional Porcelain Firing: Greenware to Biscuit Crystallochemical Transformations
Costa, L. C.; Costa, V. A. F.; Gomes, C. S. F.; Santos, T.
Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering | 2021ENERGY-EXERGY diagrams for states and energy and exergy balance equations representation
Costa, V.A.F.
Energy | 2021On the stability and convergence of numerical solutions
V. A. F. Costa
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals | 2021Microwave versus conventional porcelain firing: the effect on the colour
L. C. Costa; L. Hennetier; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa
UA Research Hilights | 2021Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of a Novel Hybrid System to Produce Electricity, Cooling, and Syngas
Abolfazl Ahmadi; Afshin Davarpanah; Amir Arsalan Rabanian; Biplab Das; Mehdi Ali Ehyaei; Mohammad Asayesh; Saeed Esfandi; Simin Baloochzadeh; Vitor A. F. Costa
Energies | 2020Evaluating the performance of a coated tube adsorber for adsorption cooling
João M.S. Dias; Vítor A.F. Costa
International Journal of Refrigeration | 2020Microwave vs conventional porcelain firing: Macroscopic properties
Luc Hennetier; Luís C. Costa; Tiago Santos; Vitor A. F. Costa
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology | 2020Stability of the numerical solution of unsteady heat conduction: A mechanical approach
V. A. F. Costa
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals | 2020Liquid leakage assessment from gas leakage tests
V.A.F. Costa
Measurement | 2020Emissions mitigation by control of biomass feeding in an industrial biomass boiler
Costa, V.A.F.; Tarelho, L.A.C.; Valente, L.
Energy Reports | 2020High Temperature Solar Cooking System with a PCM Energy Storage Unit
V. A. F. Costa
CONSOLFOOD 2020 – 3rd International Conference on Advances in Solar Thermal Food Processing | 2020Improved Radial Plane Fins Heat Sink for Light-Emitting Diode Lamps Cooling
Costa, Vítor A. F.; Lopes, António M. G.
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications | 2019Performance Analysis of a Solar DHW System with Adsorption Module Operating in Different World Locations
Brites, Gonçalo J. V. N.; Costa, José J.; Costa, Vítor A. F.; Fernandes, Marco S.; Gaspar, Adélio R.
Applied Sciences | 2019Thermodynamic modeling of a novel solar powered quad generation system to meet electrical and thermal loads of residential building and syngas production
Ahmadi, A.; Costa, V.; Ehyaei, M.A.; Kamran Kasmaei, H.; Li, Z.X.
Energy Conversion and Management | 2019Features of Microwave Fired Utilitarian Stoneware
V. A. F. Costa
International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, AMPERE 2019 | 2019Emissions Mitigation by Optimization of Biomass Feeding in an Industrial Biomass Boiler
V. A. F. Costa
ICEER2019 - 6th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research: “Energy and Environment: Challenges Towards Circular Economy” | 2019A 2D Transient Physical Model of a Coated Tube Adsorber for Adsorption Heat Pumps
V. A. F. Costa
Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2019) | 2019Finite Volume Model for a Transcritical CO2 Tube-in-Tube Gas Cooler
V. A. F. Costa
Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMN 2019) | 2019Thermal properties of porcelain during its manufacturing
J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas do CICECO 2019 | 2019Which Dimensional Model for the Analysis of a Coated Tube Adsorber for Adsorption Heat Pumps?
J. M. S. Dias; V. A. F. Costa
Energy | 2019Microwave Versus Conventional Porcelain Firing: Temperature Measurement
L. C. Costa; L. Hennetier; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa
Journal of Manufacturing Processes | 2019Mass, Energy and Exergy Analyses of a Biomass Boiler: A Portuguese Representative Case of the Pulp and Paper Industry
A. Sobrinho; L. Tarelho; V. A. F. Costa
Applied Thermal Engineering | 2019Numerical Recipes for Successfully Modeling the Phase Transitions in Thermal Energy Storage Adsorption Systems
A. R. Gaspar; G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; M. S. Fernandes; V. A. F. Costa
Energy Storage | 2019Simulation Models for Tankless Gas Water Heaters
A. F. Quintã; A. Ramos; J. A. F. Ferreira; N. A. D. Martins; V. A. F. Costa
Applied Thermal Engineering | 2019Using CFD in the Design Process of a Toilet Bowl
A. M. G. Lopes; V. A. F. Costa
Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer | 2019Adsorption Heat Pumps for Heating Applications: A Review of Current State, Literature Gaps and Development Challenges
J. M. S. Dias; V. A. F. Costa
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2018Ovalization and other Porcelain Flaws when Fired Using Microwave Technology
L. C. Costa; L. Hennetier; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa
11th National Congress of Experimental Mechanics in conjunction with 1st Iberic Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics and Materials (CNME2018 & TEMM2018) | 2018Celebration of Professor Adrian Bejan on his 70th birthday
Amon, Cristina H.; Awad, Mohamed M.; Basak, Tanmay; Bayazitoglu, Yildiz; Biserni, Cesare; et al; Lage, José L.; Minkowycz, W.J.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2018Using CFD in the Design Process of a Toilet Bowl
Lopes, António Gameiro; V. A. F. Costa
2018A Criterion to Assess the Usefulness of the Suction Line Heat Exchanger on the CO2 Transcritical Systems
F. Lamas; V. A. F. Costa
The IX Iberian Congress/VII Ibero-American Congress of Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, CYTEF 2018 | 2018Solar Space Heating System with Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
A. M. R. Gaspar; G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; M. A. S. Fernandes; N. S. Brito; S. V. N. Ribeiro; V. A. F. Costa
IX Iberian Congress/VII Ibero-American Congress of Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, CYTEF 2018 | 2018Some Considerations and Reflections on Engineering Thermodynamics Teaching and Learning
V. A. F. Costa
3rd International Conference of the Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (CISPEE 2018) | 2018Optimization of a Thermal Energy Storage System Provided with an Adsorption Module – A Genopt Application in A TRNSYS/MATLAB Model
A. R. Gaspar; G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; M. S. Fernandes; V. A. F. Costa
Energy Conversion and Management | 2018Engenharia Mecânica: Do Passado ao Presente, e para o Futuro
V. A. F. Costa
Matriz | 2018Sistema de Poupança de Água e Anti-fugas de Água para Autoclismos
A. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
Indústria e Ambiente | 2018Sanita Inovadora Integrando Sistemas de Armazenamento e Descarga de Água, Bidé Eletrónico e Separação de Urinas
A. Costa; A. Lopes; C. Rodrigues; et al; L. Rodrigues; M. Pereira; P. Cruz; V. A. F. Costa
Indústria e Ambiente | 2018Improving speed and flexibility of COMSOL simulations
A. P. Lopes; D. J. Silva; J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas CICECO 2018 | 2018Engenharia Mecânica: Do Passado ao Presente, e para o Futuro
V. A. F. Costa
Matriz, No. 2 (Revista da Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro) | 2018Sistema de Poupança de Água e Anti-fugas de Água para Autoclismos
A. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
Indústria e Ambiente | 2018Sanita Inovadora Integrando Sistemas de Armazenamento e Descarga de Água, Bidé Eletrónico e Separação de Urinas
A. Costa; A. M. G. Lopes; C. Rodrigues; et al; L. Rodrigues; M. Pereira; P. Cruz; V. A. F. Costa
Indústria e Ambiente | 2018Thermal Conductivity of Agglomerate Cork
J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Cork in Science and Applications 2017 | 2017On the exergy balance equation and the exergy destruction
Costa, V.A.F.
Energy | 2016http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84992035800&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A thermal energy storage system provided with an adsorption module – Dynamic modeling and viability study
Brites, G.J.V.N.; Costa, J.J.; Costa, V.A.F.; Fernandes, M.S.; Gaspar, A.R.
Energy Conversion and Management | 2016http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983486789&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Optimization of heat exchange in magnetic refrigerators and thermomagnetic motors
Amaral, J.S.; Amaral, V.S.; Bessa, C.V.X.; Costa, V.A.F.; Ferreira, L.D.R.; Gama, S.; Horikawa, O.; Santos, T.
THERMAG VII - 7th International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature | 2016Water Saving and Anti-Leakage System for Flush Cisterns
A. O. Costa; J. N. B. Rocha; V. A. F. Costa
41st IAHS World Congress on Housing – Sustainability and Innovation for the Future | 2016On the Main Similarities and Differences Between Numerical Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Flow and The Google Page Rank
V. A. F. Costa
Research Trends in Mechanical Engineering RTME 2016 – First International Conference and Workshop on Mechanical Engineering | 2016Development of a Low Energy Consumption Proportional Valve for Water Flow Regulation
J. A. F. Ferreira; P. Soares; V. A. F. Costa
Research Trends in Mechanical Engineering RTME 2016– First International Conference and Workshop on Mechanical Engineering | 2016Development of a low-energy gas solenoid valve for use in domestic water heaters
H. Giesteira; J. A. F. Ferreira; R. Carranca; V. A. F. Costa
Research Trends in Mechanical Engineering RTME 2016 – First International Conference and Workshop on Mechanical Engineering | 2016Modeling and Simulation of Tankless Gas Water Heaters to Reduce Temperature Overshoots and Undershoots
D. C. Guilherme; J. A. F. Ferreira; V. A. F. Costa
12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT 2016) | 2016Modeling and parametric analysis of an adsorber unit for thermal energy storage
Brites, G.J.V.N.; Costa, J.J.; Costa, V.A.F.; Fernandes, M.S.; Gaspar, A.R.
Energy | 2016http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959503431&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Sistema Solar de Armazenamento de Energia Térmica com Módulo de Adsorção
A. R. Gaspar; G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; M. Fernandes; V. A. F. Costa
the VIII Iberian Congress/VI Ibero-American Congress of Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, CYTEF 2016 | 2016Estudo Experimental para a Melhoria do Desempenho de um Frigorífico Solar
G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; J. Roxo; V. A. F. Costa
VIII Iberian Congress/VI Ibero-American Congress of Refrigeration Sciences and Technologies, CYTEF 2016 | 2016Influence of the design parameters on the overall performance of a solar adsorption refrigerator
Brites, G.J.V.N.; Costa, J.J.; Costa, V.A.F.
Renewable Energy | 2016http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939817560&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Infrared and simulation studies on emulated thermomagnetic motor heat exchangers
C. V. X. Bessa; J. S. Amaral; L. D. R. Ferreira; S. Gama; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas do CICECO 2015 | 2015Infrared thermography of Materials and Processes
J. Pino; J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas do CICECO 2015 | 2015Infrared and simulation studies on emulated thermomagnetic motor heat exchanger mechanisms
C. V. X. Bessa; J. S. Amaral; L. D. R. Ferreira; S. Gama; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas CICECO 2015 | 2015Infrared microscopy: challenges in the study of magnetocaloric materials
A. Waske; J. S. Amaral; R. Niemann; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Jornadas CICECO 2015 | 2015Infrared microscopy at the HEAT@UA lab
J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
4th Joint Congress "Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science" | 2015Using microwave radiation for porcelain tableware sintering
Costa, L.C.; Costa, V.A.F.; Hennetier, L.; Santos, T.
2015Crystallization kinetics of thermoplastic elastomeric blends based on ground tyre rubber
Costa, V.A.F.; Lima, P.S.; Oliveira, J.M.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 2015http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937973725&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Partial replacement of EPR by GTR in highly flowable PP/EPR blends: Effects on morphology and mechanical properties
Costa, V.A.F.; Lima, P.S.; Oliveira, J.M.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 2015http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924483367&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Effect of moisture content on curing kinetics of agglomerate cork
Costa, V.A.F.; Moreira, L.; Neto Da Silva, F.
Materials and Design | 2015http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941316720&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Rheological properties of ground tyre rubber based thermoplastic elastomeric blends
Costa, V.; Lima, P.; Magalhães Da Silva, S.P.; Oliveira, J.
Polymer Testing | 2015http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930958966&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Sistema de Combate ao Desperdício de Água em Autoclismos
A. Costa; J. Rocha; V. A. F. Costa
Congresso de Inovação na Construção Sustentável (CINCOS’14) | 2014Desenho e optimização de um refrigerador magnético
J. S. Amaral; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
19 conferência nacional de Física e 24º encontro Ibérico para o ensino da Física | 2014Thermal imaging with infra-red camera
J. S. Amaral; L. C. Gomes; L. Ferreira; T. Santos; V. A. F. Costa; V. S. Amaral
Research Day of Aveiro University | 2014Review and future trends of solar adsorption refrigeration systems
Brites, G.J.V.N.; Costa, J.J.; Costa, V.A.F.; Fernandes, M.S.; Gaspar, A.R.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905166510&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Improving the thermal performance of red clay holed bricks
Costa, V.A.F.
Energy and Buildings | 2014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891389225&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Improved radial heat sink for led lamp cooling
Costa, V.A.F.; Lopes, A.M.G.
Applied Thermal Engineering | 2014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901411904&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Partial replacement of EPDM by GTR in thermoplastic elastomers based on PP/EPDM: Effects on morphology and mechanical properties
Costa, V.; Lima, P.; Oliveira, J.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 2014http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901818030&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Water Saving Systems: The Viewpoint of an Equipment Conceiver
V. A. F. Costa
7th IWA International Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Water (Efficient 2013) | 2013Sustainable Refrigeration Based on the Solar Adsorption Cycle
G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
2nd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain (ICCC2013) | 2013On the energy conservation formulation for flows in porous media including viscous dissipation effects
Costa, V.A.F.
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics | 2013http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883381041&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Effect of a non-constant magnetic field on natural convection in a horizontal porous layer heated from the bottom
Alloui, Z.; Costa, V.A.F.; Sousa, A.C.M.; Vasseur, P.
Journal of Engineering Mathematics | 2013http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879782087&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Transient Natural Convection in Enclosures of Circular Cross Section Filled with Humid Air, Including Wall Phase Change
V. A. F. Costa
7th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer (CHT’12) | 2012Otimização do Desempenho de Tijolos Perfurados de Barro Vermelho como Elementos Isolantes Térmicos das Paredes de Edifícios
V. A. F. Costa
MEFTE 2012 – IV Conferência Nacional de Mecânica dos Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia | 2012Avaliação do Desempenho de um Frigorífico Solar com Ciclo de Refrigeração por Adsorção
G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
MEFTE 2012 – IV Conferência Nacional de Mecânica dos Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia | 2012Transient natural convection in enclosures filled with humid air, including wall evaporation and condensation
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84864278804&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Natural convection in partially divided square enclosures: Effects of thermal boundary conditions and thermal conductivity of the partitions
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867535145&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Natural convection in square enclosures filled with fluid-saturated porous media under the influence of the magnetic field induced by two parallel vertical electric currents
Costa, V.A.F.; Sousa, A.C.M.; Vasseur, P.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865775147&partnerID=MN8TOARS
On the Energy Conservation Formulation for Flows in Porous Media Including Viscous Dissipation Effects
G. Pena
Workshop on Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media, WFDPM 2011 | 2011Modeling and simulation of a mixing system with water saving function
Corte-Real, J.D.D.S.; Costa, V.A.F.; Ferreira, J.A.F.
Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications | 2011http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81855181630&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Steady mixed convection in a differentially heated square enclosure with an active rotating circular cylinder
Costa, V.A.F.; Raimundo, A.M.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2010http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72649089578&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Empirical correlations at high Ra for steady-state free convection in 2D air-filled parallelogrammic enclosures with isothermal discrete heat sources
Baïri, A.; Costa, V.A.F.; García de María, J.M.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2010http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954537911&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Comment on the paper I.A. Badruddin, Z.A. Zainal, Z.A. Khan, Z. Mallick "effect of viscous dissipation and radiation on natural convection in a porous medium embedded within vertical annulus", IJTS 46 (3) (2007) 221-227
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2010http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955428924&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Decreasing Water Consumption in Toilets - Optimization of a Sanitary Discharge Valve Using ANSYS CFX
A. M. G. Lopes; M. Francisco; V. A. F. Costa
2010Modelação e Simulação Numérica de uma Instalação Solar Térmica de Circulação por Termosifão com Permutador de Calor de Camisa Horizontal
V. A. F. Costa
Terceira Conferência Nacional em Mecânica de Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia | 2009Modelação Numérica do Transporte Eólico de Areia: Evolução da Topografia do Solo, Consequência dos Fenómenos de Deposição e De erosão
A. D. Ferreira; J. P. Pinto; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
Terceira Conferência Nacional em Mecânica de Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia | 2009Construção e Estudo de um Sistema de Refrigeração com Energia Solar
G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
Terceira Conferência Nacional em Mecânica de Fluidos, Termodinâmica e Energia | 2009Estudo da Refrigeração por Adsorção com Energia Solar
G. J. V. N. Brites; J. J. Costa; V. A. F. Costa
V Congreso Ibérico y III Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencias y Técnicas del Frío, CYTEF 2009 | 2009Use of Wetted Porous Materials as Thermal Barriers Operating Under Fire Conditions
A. R. A. Figueiredo; M. L. Mendonça; V. A. F. Costa
4th International Conference on Applications of Porous Media (ICAPM 2009) | 2009Numerical Simulation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Window with a Between-Panes Venetian Blind
V. A. F. Costa
International Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy (CONV-09) | 2009Thermodynamics for the heat transfer man, and the law of volume increase
Costa, V.A.F.
2009Use of phase-change materials as passive elements for climatization purposes in summer: The Portuguese case
Costa, V.A.F.; Fernandes, N.T.A.
International Journal of Green Energy | 2009http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70749122100&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Numerical simulation of non-Darcian flow through a porous medium
Costa, V.A.F.; Yang, D.; Yang, Y.
Particuology | 2009http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349269209&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Discussion: "The modeling of viscous dissipation in a saturated porous medium" (Nield, D. A., 2007, ASME J. heat transfer, 129, pp. 1459-1463)
Costa, V.A.F.
Journal of Heat Transfer | 2009http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955255889&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Discussion: “The Modeling of Viscous Dissipation in a Saturated Porous Medium” (Nield, D. A., 2007, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 129, pp. 1459-1463)
Costa, V.A.F.
Journal of Heat Transfer | 2009http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85025222314&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Professor Adrian Bejan on his 60th birthday
Anderson, Ren; Costa, Vítor; Errera, Marcelo R.; et al; Fowler, Alex J.; Gosselin, Louis; Kimura, Shigeo; Lage, José L.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2008MEF/VC: uma Estratégia de Flexibilização do Domínio de Cálculo do Escoamento de Fluidos
A. M. G. Lopes; J. P. Pinto; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
II Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica | 2008Procedimento para Projeto de Sistemas de Escape para Veículos
J. A. T. Mendes; V. A. F. Costa
II Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica | 2008Modelação e Simulação de uma Válvula Misturadora Termostática com Sistema Anti-Escaldão e Anti-Resfriado
J. A. F. Ferreira; R. A. A. T. Igreja; V. A. F. Costa; V. M. F. Santos
II Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica | 2008Livro de Resumos dos Trabalhos apresentados na Segunda Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica
V. A. F. Costa
2008Decreasing Water Consumption in Toilets
A. Gameiro-Lopes; M. Francisco; V. A. F. Costa
ANSYS Advantage | 2008Numerical model for the prediction of dilute, three-dimensional, turbulent fluid-particle flows, using a Lagrangian approach for particle tracking and a CVFEM for the carrier phase
Baliga, B.R.; Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, L.A.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57849165770&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Modeling and simulation of a thermostatic mixer with an anti-scalding or anti-cold system
Costa, V.A.F.; Ferreira, J.A.F.; Igreja, R.A.A.T.; Santos, V.M.F.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-42949156224&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Volume balance equation, availability analysis and the fundamental relation in the thermodynamics for the heat transfer man
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41949136853&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Implementation of the stress jump condition in a control-volume finite-element method for the simulation of laminar coupled flows in adjacent open and porous domains
Baliga, B.R.; Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, L.A.
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41149102396&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Modeling and simulation of wetted porous thermal barriers operating under high temperature or high heat flux
Costa, V.A.F.; Figueiredo, A.R.; Mendonça, M.L.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44949121824&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Bejan's Thermodynamics for the heat transfer man, and the law of volume increase
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2008http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-41949142886&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Decreasing Water Consumption in Toilets
A. M. G. Lopes; M. Francisco; V. A. F. Costa
ANSYS Advantage | 2008Atas da Segunda Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica de Fluidos e Termodinâmica
V. A. F. Costa
Universidade de Aveiro | 2008Termodinâmica Aplicada. Relatório da unidade curricular Termodinâmica Aplicada, apresentado para efeitos de Provas de Agregação (Grupo/Subgrupo 13 – Engenharia Mecânica)
V. A. F. Costa
2007Exergia e Análise Exergética. Relatório da uma lição, apresentado para efeitos de Provas de Agregação (Grupo/Subgrupo 13 – Engenharia Mecânica)
V. A. F. Costa
2007Mechanical Behaviour of Surface-Modified Glass Bead/Epoxy Composites
J. M. Oliveira; P. S. Lima; V. A. F. Costa
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Mechanical Response of Composites | 2007Use of Phase-Change Materials as Passive Elements for Climatization Purposes in Summer: The Portuguese Case
N. T. A. Fernandes; V. A. F. Costa
3rd IEEES (Third International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium) | 2007On First- and Second-Order Mass-Weighted Schemes for Control-Volume Finite Element Methods
B. R. Baliga; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
5th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer | 2007Modeling and simulation of resin filling and cure processes in molds partially filled with porous media
Costa, V.A.F.
Materials Science Forum | 2007http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38349128227&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Optimization of the Water Cycle in the “House of the Future” of the University of Aveiro
A. Oliveira; A. Silva-Afonso; C. Coelho; E. Figueira; J. F. Silva; S. Pereira; V. A. F. Costa
International Conference on Rethinking Sustainable Construction 2006 – RSC06: Next Generation Green Buildings | 2006Modeling and Simulation of Wet Thermal Barriers
A. R. A. Figueiredo; M. L. Mendonça; V. A. F. Costa
the IDS 2006-15th International Drying Symposium | 2006Modeling and Simulation of Resin Filling and Cure Processes in Molds Partially Filled with Porous Media
V. A. F. Costa
DSL2006-Second International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids | 2006On the Consideration of Viscous Dissipation in Natural Convection in Enclosures Filled with Fluid-Saturated Porous Media
V. A. F. Costa
the 3rd International Conference on Applications of Porous Media (ICAPM 2006) | 2006Modelação e Simulação Numérica de Meios Porosos Húmidos Sujeitos a Condições de Incêndio
A. R. A. Figueiredo; M. L. Mendonça; V. A. F. Costa
1ª Conferência Nacional de Métodos Numéricos em Mecânica dos Fluidos e Termodinâmica | 2006Thermodynamic analysis of building heating or cooling using the soil as heat reservoir
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2006http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33746266390&partnerID=MN8TOARS
On natural convection in enclosures filled with fluid-saturated porous media including viscous dissipation
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2006http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33646516633&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Bejan's heatlines and masslines for convection visualization and analysis
Costa, V.A.F.
Applied Mechanics Reviews | 2006http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846356377&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Optimization of a Sanitary Discharge Valve Using a Numerical Approach
A. M. G. Lopes; M. Francisco; V. A. F. Costa
the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics (Fluids'05) | 2005Use of the Soil as a Heat Reservoir for Building Heating or Cooling
V. A. F. Costa
the IEEES2 (Second International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium) | 2005Diffusion as the Physical Model for Complex Phenomena and even for Non-Diffusive Phenomena: The (Non) State of the Art
V. A. F. Costa
DSL2005 - First International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids | 2005Influence of the Total Pressure on the Inversion Temperature
F. Neto da Silva; V. A. F. Costa
NDC’05 (Third Nordic Drying Conference) | 2005Numerical Study of the Filling and Curing Processes in Domains Partially Filled with Porous Media
V. A. F. Costa
4th ICCHMT - 4th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer | 2005Relatório da unidade curricular Termodinâmica Aplicada, apresentado para efeitos de Concurso de Professor Associado do Grupo/Subgrupo 13 – Engenharia Mecânica
V. A. F. Costa
2005Momentum functions and momentum lines for fluid flow visualization and analysis
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2005http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17044415318&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Thermodynamics of natural convection in enclosures with viscous dissipation
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2005http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17044371232&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Diffusion as the physical model for complex phenomena and even for non-diffusive phenomena: The (non) state of the art
Costa, V.A.F.
Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik | 2005http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27744603760&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Numerical and experimental optimisation of a gravity driven free-surface flow
Costa, V.A.F.; Francisco, M.; Gameiro Lopes, A.M.
WSEAS Transactions on Systems | 2005http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-24644498647&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Laminar natural convection in a vertical stack of parallelogrammic partial enclosures with variable geometry
Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, M.S.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2005http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-10444280071&partnerID=MN8TOARS
An Alternative Approach to the Inversion Temperature
C. R. Ruivo; F. Neto da Silva; V. A. F. Costa
Drying Technology | 2005A Lagrangian Model for the Dispersion of Solid Particles, in Three-Dimensional Flow, Using a CVFEM for the Prediction of the Continuous Phase
B. R. Baliga; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
ROOMVENT 2004 – 9th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms | 2004A New Approach to the Inversion Temperature
C. R. Ruivo; F. Neto da Silva; V. A. F. Costa
IDS 2004 - 14th International Drying Symposium | 2004Numerical Analysis of the Filling Process of Domains Partially Filled with Porous Media
V. A. F. Costa
ICAPM 2004-International Conference on Applications of Porous Media | 2004Numerical Simulation of the Filling Process in Domains Partially Filled with Porous Media
V. A. F. Costa
the Third International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer (CHT-04) | 2004Numerical Evaluation of Heat Dissipation by Non-Darcian Forced Convection in Porous/Fluid Systems
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
the Eighth International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer (Heat Transfer 2004) | 2004Double-diffusive natural convection in parallelogrammic enclosures
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2004http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2442596029&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Numerical simulation of non-Darcian flows through spaces partially filled with a porous medium
Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, M.S.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Computers and Structures | 2004http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3042782541&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Numerical evaluation of heat dissipation by non-Darcian forced convection in porous/fluid systems
Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, M.S.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Computational Studies | 2004http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644357132&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Double-diffusive natural convection in parallelogrammic enclosures filled with fluid-saturated porous media
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2004http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842482382&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Simulation of coupled flows in adjacent porous and open domains using a control-volume finite-element method
Baliga, B.R.; Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, L.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications | 2004http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2342531108&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Visualization of Two-Dimensional Heat and Mass Transfer Using the Heatlines and Masslines
V. A. F. Costa
Bejan’s Constructal Theory of Shape and Structure | 2004Estudo Numérico da Convecção Natural em Compartimentos com Partições Parciais Termicamente Activas
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
VI Congresso Ibero-Americano de Engenharia Mecânica (CIBEM6) | 2003Numerical Study of Laminar Free Convective Flows in a Vertical Stack of Parallelogrammic Partial Enclosures
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
Fourth Baltic Heat Transfer Conference | 2003Mixed Laminar Free Convective Flows in Enclosures with Arrays of Partial Partitions - A Numerical Study
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
2003 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference | 2003Evaporation of Water into a Stream of Dry Air or Humidified Air and the Inversion Temperature
F. Neto da Silva; V. A. F. Costa
2nd Nordic Drying Conference | 2003Numerical Simulation of Non-Darcian Flows through Spaces Partially Filled with a Porous Medium
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
The 3rd International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer | 2003Controlo e Otimização do Tratamento Térmico de Super-Ligas a Altas Temperaturas por Pulverização Mista (Ar-Água) Utilizando Redes Neuronais
A.C.M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
VII Congresso de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional | 2003Simulação Numérica de Escoamentos em Meios Porosos e não Porosos sem Recurso à Lei de Darcy
A. C. M. Sousa; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
VII Congresso de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional | 2003Mixed laminar free convective flows in enclosures with arrays of partial partitions - A numerical study
Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, M.S.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference | 2003http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842729571&partnerID=MN8TOARS
On the rate of evaporation of water into a stream of dry air, humidified air and superheated steam, and the inversion temperature
Costa, V.A.F.; Neto Da Silva, F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2003http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0041340547&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Modeling of flow and thermo-kinetics during the cure of thick laminated composites
Costa, V.A.F.; Sousa, A.C.M.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2003http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037255745&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Control of laminar natural convection in differentially heated square enclosures using solid inserts at the corners
Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, M.S.A.; Sousa, A.C.M.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2003http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037523456&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Unified streamline, heatline and massline methods for the visualization of two-dimensional heat and mass transfer in anisotropic media
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2003http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037399466&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Comment on the paper by Qi-Hong Deng, Guang-Fa Tang, “Numerical visualization of mass and heat transport for conjugate natural convection/heat conduction by streamline and heatline”, IJHMT 45 (11) (2002) 2373-2385
V. A. F. Costa
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2003Physical and Numerical Modelling of the Flow and Curing Process During Reaction Injection Moulding
A. Mateus; P. J. Bártolo; V. A. F. Costa
Rapid Product Development ‘RPD 2002’ – Advanced Solutions and Development (inserido no Moulds Event 2002) | 2002Laminar Natural Convection in a Square Enclosure with Linear Temperature Distributions at the Vertical Walls
V. A. F. Costa
2002A time scale-based analysis of the laminar convective phenomena
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 2002http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036889206&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A Lagrangian-Eulerian model of particle dispersion in a turbulent plane mixing layer
Baliga, B.R.; Costa, V.A.F.; Oliveira, L.A.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids | 2002http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037145375&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Laminar natural convection in differentially heated rectangular enclosures with vertical diffusive walls
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2002http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036722612&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Condensation Modelling of Steam Flow Through Turbine Passages
A. C. M. Sousa; A. G. Gerber; M. S. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
39 European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting (39ETPFGM) | 2001Fire suppression using water mists - A numerical model
An, M.; Costa, V.A.F.; Hadjisophocleous, G.V.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering | 2001http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035695904&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Proceedings of the 39th European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting (39ETPFGM)
1. A. C. M. Sousa
Universidade de Aveiro | 2001A Control Volume-Based FEM for the Solution of the Three-Dimensional, Elastic Stress-Strain Equations
A. C. M. Sousa; V. A. F. Costa
2nd WSES/MIUE/HNA International Conference: Mathematics and Computers in Mechanical Engineering (MCME 2000) | 2000Fire Supression Using Water Mists – A Numerical Model
A. C. M. Sousa; G. V. Hadjisophocleous; M. An; V. A. F. Costa
the ITSS 2000-ASME-ZSITS, International Thermal Science Seminar | 2000Numerical Simulation of Flow and Thermo-Kinetics During the Autoclave-Assisted Cure of Thick Laminated Composites
A. C. M. Sousa; V. A. F. Costa
the Sixth International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer (Heat Transfer 2000) | 2000Resolução Numérica das Equações Tensão-Deformação num Domínio Elástico Tridimensional Através de um Método de Elementos Finitos Baseado em Volumes de Controlo
A. C. M. Sousa; V. A. F. Costa
VI Congresso Nacional de Mecânica Aplicada e Computacional | 2000Numerical simulation of flow and thermokinetics during the autoclave-assisted cure of thick laminated composites
Costa, V.A.F.; Sousa, A.C.M.
Computational Studies | 2000http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3342905446&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Heatline and massline visualization of laminar natural convection boundary layers near a vertical wall
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2000http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0034254098&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A Lagrangian Model for the Dispersion of Solid Particles, in Two-Dimensional Flow, Using a CVFEM for the Prediction of the Continuous Phase
B. R. Baliga; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics for the Next Millennium (APCOM’99) | 1999Modeling of Hydraulic Systems for Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation: A Methodology Proposal
J. A. Ferreira; J. E. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Fluid Power Systems and Technology Division | 1999Scale Analysis, Similarity Solutions and Heat Transfer Parameters and Correlations for Laminar Natural Convection Near a Vertical Wall for all Prandtl Numbers
V. A. F. Costa
1999Scale Analysis, Similarity Solutions and Heat Transfer Parameters and Correlations for Laminar Forced Convection Near a Flat Plate for all Prandtl Numbers
V. A. F. Costa
1999Modeling of hydraulic systems for hardware-in-the-loop simulation: a methodology proposal
Costa, V.A.; De Oliveira, J.E.; Ferreira, J.A.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Fluid Power and Systems Technology Division (Publication) FPST | 1999http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033297818&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Unification of the streamline, heatline and massline methods for the visualization of two-dimensional transport phenomena
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 1999http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0344097484&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Convecção Natural Induzida por Diferenças de Temperatura e de Concentração numa Cavidade Quadrangular com Paredes Difusivas
V. A. F. Costa
III Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería Mecánica (CIDIM’97) | 1997Double Diffusive Natural Convection in Enclosures with Heat and Mass Diffusive Walls
V. A. F. Costa
International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer (CHT’97) | 1997The Critical Radius of Insulation is not Always Critical
V. A. F. Costa
1997Double diffusive natural convection in a square enclosure with heat and mass diffusive walls
Costa, V.A.F.
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 1997http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031258529&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Thermodynamics, Pressodynamics and the Expansion of the Universe: An Alternative Form for the Second Law of Thermodynamics
V. A. F. Costa
1996Modelação Numérica de Escoamentos Tridimensionais Incompressíveis Através de um Método de Elementos Finitos Baseado em Volumes de Controlo
V. A. F. Costa
Universidade de Coimbra | 1996A control-volume based finite element method for three-dimensional incompressible turbulent fluid flow, heat transfer, and related phenomea
Costa, V.A.F.; Figueiredo, A.R.; Oliveira, L.A.
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids | 1995http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0028992572&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A Control Volume Based Finite Element Method for Three-Dimensional Incompressible Turbulent Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Related Phenomena
V. A. F. Costa
1994Numerical technique for solving partial differential equations system for the simulation of a fixed bed dryer
Costa, V.A.F.; Figueiredo, A.R.A.
Computers and Chemical Engineering | 1993http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0027693028&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Convecção Natural em Cavidades Paralelogrâmicas
A. R. AFigueiredo; L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
I Congreso Iberoamericano de Ingeniería Mecánica | 1993A Control Volume Based Finite Element Method for Two-Dimensional Steady Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Related Phenomena
L. A. Oliveira; V. A. F. Costa
III Encontro de Mecânica Computacional | 1992A Control Volume Based Finite Element Method for Two-Dimensional Steady Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Related Phenomena
V. A. F. Costa
1992Mixing cells model applied to a fixed bed dryer
Costa, Vitor A.F.; Figueiredo, A.Rui A.
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering | 1990http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0025502924&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Relações Vetoriais e Tensoriais que Surgem nas Equações Diferenciais Comuns no Estudo dos Processos de Transferência num Sistema Geral de Coordenadas Curvilíneas Ortogonais
V. A. F. Costa
1990Estudo do Processo de Secagem de Materiais Granulares em Leito Fixo
V. A. F. Costa
Universidade de Coimbra | 1989A Pressão de Vapor na Ótica da Transferência de Massa
V. A. F. Costa
Universidade de Coimbra | 1989