Papers in international journals 

• Kohrangi, M., Bento , R., Lopes, M. 2014: “Seismic Performance of Transportation Infrastructures. Comparison of Different Nonlinear Static Procedures for Irregular Bridges”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Taylor & Francis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2014.983938.
  

   

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2013: "A 3D Pushover Methodology for Seismic Assessment of Plan Asymmetric Buildings", Earthquake Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Vol. 30, Nº 2, 683-703. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/022112EQS048M.

• Carvalho G., Bento R., Bhatt C. 2013: "Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analyses of Reinforced Concrete Buildings – Comparison of Different Modelling Approaches", Earthquake and Structures (EAS), An International Journal, Techno-Press, Editors-in-Chief: Stavros A. Anagnostopoulos (European ed.), Izuru Takewaki (Asia-Pacific ed.), Jerome P. Lynch (American ed.), Vol. 4, Nº 5, 451-47.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2012: "Comparison of Nonlinear Static Methods for the Seismic Assessment of Plan Irregular Frame Buildings with Non-Seismic Details", Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Published by Taylor & Francis, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 15-39.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2011: "Assessing the Torsional Response of Existing RC Building using the Extended N2 Method", Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, A. Ansal editor, Springer The Netherlands Publisher, Vol. 9, Issue 4, 1183-1201. Publicado online em Springer Science+Business Media B.V. (DOI: 10.1007/s10518-011-9252-8).

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2011: "Extension of the CSM-FEMA440 to Plan-Asymmetric Real Building Structures", Journal of Earthquake Enginnering and Structural Dynamics, John Wiley & Sons., Vol. 40, Issue 7. Publicado online em Wiley Online Library (DOI: 10.1002/eqe.1087).

• Bento R., Bhatt C. 2010: "Using Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Assessment of the 3D Irregular SPEAR Building", Earthquake and Structures (EAS), An International Journal, Techno-Press, Editors-in-Chief: Stavros Anagnostopoulos (European ed.), Izuru Takewaki (Asia-Pacific ed.), Jerome P. Lynch (American ed.), Vol 1, Nº 2, 177-195.

Books - Chapters

• Bhatt, C., Bento, R., 2013: "Estimating torsional demands in plan irregular buildings using pushover procedures coupled with linear dynamic response spectrum analysis", Chapter of the Book Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures, Eds. Oren Lavan e Mario De Stefano, Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 24, Springer.

Springer link
 

Papers in international conferences

• Belejo A., Bento R. 2012: "Evaluating the Efficiency of Recent Nonlinear Static Procedures on the Seismic Assessment of an Asymmetric Plan Building", Reinhorn Symposium, Buffalo, USA.

• Belejo A., Bento R. 2012: "Nonlinear Static Procedures proposed in American and European Seismic Codes and its Extensions", SE-50EEE International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 29 - 31 May 2013, Skopje, Macedónia.

• Araujo M., Castro J.M., Delgado R. 2012: "Simplified procedures for the seismic assessment of structural component demands", Vienna Congress on Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 2013 (VEESD 2013), C. Adam, R. Heuer, W. Lenhardt & C. Schranz (eds) 28-30 August 2013, Vienna, Austria.

• Kohrangi M., Bento R., Lopes M. 2012: "Evaluation of Nonlinear Static Procedures for Seismic Assessment of Irregular Bridges", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Peres R., Bento R., Castro J. M. 2012: "Performance Based Seismic Design and Assessment of Irregular Steel Structures", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Massena B., Bento R., Degée H.  2012: "Assessment of Direct Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2012: "A Comparison Between American and European Codes on the Nonlinear Static Analysis of RC Buildings", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2012: "An Extension of the CSM-FEMA440 to Plan Irregular Buildings", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Belejo A., Bento R., Bhatt C. 2012: "Comparison of Different Computer Programs to Predict the Seismic Performance of the SPEAR Building by Means of Pushover Analysis", Proceedings of the 15^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15WCEE), Lisbon, Portugal.

• Carvalho G., Bento R., Bhatt C. 2011: "Nonlinear Models for the Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings - A Performance Evaluation of Different Models in Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis", Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances on Nonlinear Models - Structural Concrete Applications, CoRAN 2011, H. Barros, C. Pina and C. Ferreira (Eds.), Coimbra, Portugal.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2011: "Nonlinear Static Procedures on the Seismic Assessment of Existing Plan Asymmetric Buildings", Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Earthquakes and Structures (ICEAS'11), Seoul, Korea.

• Bhatt C., Bento R. 2011: "Estimating Torsional Demands in plan irregular buildings using Pushover Procedures coupled with linear dynamic response spectrum analysis", 6EWICS, Sixth European Workshop on the Seismic Behaviour of Irregular Complex Structures, O. Lavan & M. de Stefano Editors,  Haifa, Israel.

• Bhatt C., Bento R., Pinho R. 2010: "Verification of Nonlinear Static Procedures for a 3D Plan-Irregular Building in Turkey", Proceedings of the 14^th European Conference on Earthquake Enginnering (14ECEE), Ohrid, República da Macedónia.

• Massena B., Degée H., Bento R. 2010: "Consequences of Design Choices in Direct Displacement Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Frames", Proceedings of the 14^th European Conference on Earthquake Enginnering (14ECEE), Ohrid, República da Macedónia.

• Bhatt C., Bento R., Pinho R. 2010: "Assessing a real 3D Turkish RC Building using Nonlinear Static Procedures", 9^th National and 10^th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Enginnering, Toronto, Canadá.

Papers in national conferences

• Bento R., Bhatt C. 2010: "Análise Estática Não Linear de um Edifício na Turquia - Regulamentos Americanos vs. Eurocódigo 8", Sísmica 2010, 8º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Aveiro, Portugal.

• Bento R., Bhatt C. 2010: "Avaliação Sísmica de um difício Irregular em Planta - Extensão N2 vs. N2 Original", Sísmica 2010, 8º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Aveiro, Portugal.

• Massena B., Bento R., Degée H. 2010: "Implications of different Design Assumptions in Direct Based Design of RC Frames", Sísmica 2010, 8º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, Aveiro, Portugal.

PhD Thesis

• Bhatt C. 2012: "Seismic Assessment of Existing Buildings Using Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSPs) - A New 3D Pushover Procedure", European PhD, IST, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal.

MSc Thesis

• Carvalho G. 2011: "Análise Sísmica de Edifícios de Betão Armado - Estudo de Alternativas de Modelação Não Linear", MSc, IST, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal. (in Portuguese)
  

Reports

• Task 1 - Direct Displacement Based Design of a RC Frame – Case of Study

• Task 2 - Influence of modelling issues on nonlinear seismic static and dynamic analysis of 3D irregular structures

• Task 2 - Influence of modelling issues on nonlinear seismic analysis of SPEAR building

• Task 3 - Generalized Pushover Curves for nonlinear static analysis of three-dimensional structures

• Design procedures - Steel Structures

Training Courses

•  "Análise Estáticas Não Lineares (Análises Pushover) para o dimensionamento e avaliação sísmica de estruturas". Curso de Formação, coordenação Rita Bento, 9 e 10 de Fevereiro de 2012, FUNDEC, IST, Lisbon, Portugal. (in Portuguese)