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The dissertation thesis was awarded with the “Best PhD Thesis in Applied and Computational Mechanics 2010”, awarded by APMTAC – Portuguese Association of Theoretical and Applied Computational Mechanics. In 2017 received the Younger Researcher Award in Applied and Computational Mechanics Prof. João Martins, awarded by APMTAC – Portuguese Association of Theoretical and Applied Computational Mechanics.
Afonso worked, in 2012/13, as R&D Engineering at Bosch, developing new components and products for water heaters systems especially for low NOx combustion burner and fuel/air mixing systems, and monitoring the industrialization of new products, including production of prototypes and zero-series. During this period, submitted several innovation reports, from which 9 patents were granted.
Currently, Afonso is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at FEUP, where it received diploma for pedagogical recognition in the the academic year of 2016/17.
Research interests
Selected publications
- C. Nascimento and A.M. Afonso
Gas distributor device for an atmospheric gas burner
W.P. Office, Patent WO 2016124641 A1, August 2016.
- R.A. Figueiredo, C.N. Oishi, A.M. Afonso, I.V.M. Tasso and J.A. Cuminato
A two-phase solver for complex fluids: Studies of the Weissenberg effect
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 84 (pp. 98-115 (118), 2016.
- K. Patanji, V. Zeferina and A.M. Afonso
Burner
W.I.P. Organization, WO2015079043 (A1), 4 June 2015.
- V. Zeferina, R. Ferreira and A.M. Afonso
Nozzle for a gas burner
E.P. Office, EP2863121 (A2), 22 April 2015.
- K. Patanji, V. Zeferina, A.M. Afonso and S.V.O.L. Salústio
Burner and method for operating same
E.P. Office, EP2957831 (A1), 23 December 2015.
- A.M. Afonso, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves
Electro-osmosis of viscoelastic fluids and prediction of electro-elastic flow instabilities in a cross slot using a finite-volume method
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 179 (pp. 55-68 (14), 2012.
- A.M. Afonso, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves
The kernel-conformation constitutive laws
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 167 (pp. 30-37 (38), 2012.
- A.M. Afonso, P.J. Oliveira, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves
Dynamics of high-Deborah-number entry flows: a numerical study
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677 (pp. 272-304 (233), 2011.
- A.M. Afonso, M.A. Alves and F.T. Pinho
Analytical solution of mixed electro-osmotic/pressure driven flows of viscoelastic fluids in microchannels
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 159 (1-3), pp. 50-63, 2009.
- A.M. Afonso, P.J. Oliveira, F.T. Pinho and M.A. Alves
The log-conformation tensor approach in the finite-volume method framework
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 157 (1-2), pp. 55-65 (11), 2009.