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Desafios do transporte
EUTRAIN promove encontro no IPT de representante da Europa e América Latina em discussão sobre o transporte mundial
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Eficiência em setor cimenteiro
Estudo de pesquisador no exterior aumenta capacitação do IPT em área de construção civil com materiais residuais
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Corrosion in civil construction
Corrosion found in reinforced concrete is one of the most frequent pathologies of buildings, especially those exposed to aggressive environments such as the onshore marine atmospheres. The corrosion of carbon steel reinforcements produces oxides and hydroxides. The volume of these corrosion products has much greater volume than the original steel Read more…
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Evaluation of the performance of metro railway components
IPT has a specialized laboratory destined for metro systems and railways, with competencies developed over decades. Work has been performed on different parts of Brazil’s rail network, especially for the Metro Company of São Paulo, including characterization of infrastructure and experimental determination of wheel loads, stresses on rails, sleepers, fixings, Read more…
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Evaluation of the structural safety of poles, towers and other structures
The number of special structural elements, such as poles and towers, grows continually in large urban centers, increasing the need for maintenance and safety evaluations. For pathologies related to the strength, service and durability limit states – fissures, cracks, debonding and degradation of materials, dislocations, vibrations, etc. – IPT has Read more…
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Evaluation of the structural safety of engineering structures (bridges and viaducts)
Bridges and viaducts of Brazil’s road network have for decades been the object of analyses by IPT, considering aspects such as characteristics of the structural project, workload capacity, traffic conditions, passage of super-heavy special loads, occurrence of pathologies and durability, etc. The purpose of these analyses is to evaluate the Read more…
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Energia do vento
Governo de SP apresenta atlas eólico; calibração de anemômetros em túnel de vento do IPT atende demanda
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Recuperando áreas contaminadas
Projeto do IPT amplia capacitações para determinação de parâmetros de transporte de poluentes em subsolos
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Engenharia ambiental ampla
Estágio de pesquisador nos EUA aumenta competências do IPT na avaliação de impactos e gestão de empreendimentos
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Soil corrosivity and cathodic protection
IPT’s Laboratory for Corrosion and Protection has a wide experience in corrosion by soils and in cathodic protection for buried and submerged structures such as water and sewage transportation pipelines as well as petroleum and its derivative transportation pipelines. The laboratory has an infrastructure and a trained staff to conduct Read more…
