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PRESENTATION by Leonardo Damiani - SCACR2019 co-Chairs – Polytechnic of Bari, Bari (Italy) Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio - SCACR2019 co-Chairs – University of Salento, Lecce (Italy) DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-ED Preview | Download Read More...
COASTAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THROUGH COMPLEMENTARY MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF RICCIONE by Renata Archetti - DICAM, University of Bologna, Italy Fabio Addona - DICAM, University of Bologna, Italy Maria Gabriella Gaeta - DICAM, University of Bologna, Italy Luigi Cantelli - BIGEA, University of Bologna, Italy Claudia Romagnoli - BIGEA, University of Bologna, Italy Flavia Sistilli - BIGEA, University of Bologna, Italy Giuseppe Stanghellini - ISMAR - CNR, Bologna, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-01 Monitoring is known to be the basis for coastal planning and management studies, for verifying the interventions effects and for forecasting the future state of beaches. There are several proxies that must be considered in the definition of a monitoring plan, such as the spatial and temporal extension of the monitoring activities, the types of data and their required accuracy values, the acquisition frequency of the data and perhaps the available budget to invest are among the most important aspects. The pr Preview | Download Read More...
COASTAL EROSION MITIGATION THROUGH EJECTOR DEVICES APPLICATION by Augusto Bianchini - University of Bologna - Department of Industrial Engineering, Forlì, Italy Alessandro Guzzini - University of Bologna - Department of Industrial Engineering, Bologna, italy Marco Pellegrini - University of Bologna - Department of Industrial Engineering, Forlì, Italy Cesare Saccani - University of Bologna - Department of Industrial Engineering, Bologna, italy Maria Gabriella Gaeta - University of Bologna - Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Bologna, Italy Renata Archetti - University of Bologna - Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Bologna, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-02 To mitigate coastal erosion and harbors siltation, new strategies are required in the immediate term. In fact, even if many traditional solutions are available, their application is usually limited due to economic, environmental and social reasons. This situation is particularly evident in the case of small marinas or in those areas where the local economy is strongly affected by harbor operation such as in the case of the port of the municipality of Cervia (Italy). To solve the problem occurr Preview | Download Read More...
ANALYSIS OF FLOODS AND STORMS: CONCURRENT CONDITIONS by Caterina Canale - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Giuseppe Barbaro - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Olga Petrucci - National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Geo -hydrological Protection (CNR-IRPI), Rende (CS), Italy Vincenzo Fiamma - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Giandomenico Foti - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Giuseppina Chiara Barilla - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Pierfabrizio Puntorieri - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Francesca Minniti - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy Lucia Bruzzaniti - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-03 The geomorphological characteristics and the seismic, landslide and erosive dynamism of the Italian territory, meant studies on the hydrogeological risk were necessary. Floods and sea storms, combined with anthropic factors, are causes of instability. Under particular climatic, geographical and geomorphological conditions, these events occur simultaneously, increasing their effects. Reggio Calabria, a metropolitan city in the south of Italy, is located in a particularly complex context. The city is flanked Preview | Download Read More...
VALIDATION OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER NUMERICAL MODEL THROUGH SMALL SCALE LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS by Lilia Carlo - University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy Sebastian Brusca - University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy Filippo Cucinotta - University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy Antonio Galvagno - University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy Carla Faraci - University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Messina, Italy Felice Arena - Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, DICEAM Department, Reggio Calabria, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-04 In the field of Engineering, research has conveniently exploited the fluids for energy production. The possibility to use marine renewable energy is still under development, in particular, among the wave energy converter devices the U-OWC systems are the most promising. The main objective of this work is to validate a numerical model with an experimental campaign that aims to simulate the flow field in front of the breakwater and inside the U-OWC. The tests were carried out to understand the hydrodynamic be Preview | Download Read More...
DRAINS INFLUENCE ON THE BEACH GROUNDWATER HYDRODYNAMICS by Piera Fischione - Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile, Architettura e Ambientale, Laboratorio di Idraulica Ambientale e Marittima (LIam), L’Aquila, Italy Daniele Celli - Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile, Architettura e Ambientale, Laboratorio di Idraulica Ambientale e Marittima (LIam), L’Aquila, Italy Davide Pasquali - Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile, Architettura e Ambientale, Laboratorio di Idraulica Ambientale e Marittima (LIam), L’Aquila, Italy Marcello Di Risio - Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile, Architettura e Ambientale, Laboratorio di Idraulica Ambientale e Marittima (LIam), L’Aquila, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-05 The aim of this paper is to investigate the role in the groundwater level dynamics played by drains of a Beach Drainage System (BDS) with different nominal diameters.Three different cases are considered: drained beach without incoming waves; undrained beach with incoming waves, and drained beach with incoming waves. Hence, a preliminary numerical investigation on the hydrodynamics inside a sandy beach is carried out, accounting for the presence of both short water waves and a BDS. The (Volume Averaged) Reyn Preview | Download Read More...
SINES BREAKWATER HARBOUR: THE OSOM+ MONITORING PROGRAM by Conceição Juana E.M. Fortes - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal Rui Capitão - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal Rute Lemos - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal Maria Graça Neves - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal Luis Gabriel Silva - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal MaRia João Henriquez - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal TiaGo Martins - LNEC, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering,Lisboa, Portugal DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-06 The current program of Systematic Observation of Maritime Works (OSOM+), under development at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), is essentially applied to rubble mound breakwaters. The OSOM’s main objective is to monitor the behaviour of maritime structures under inspection and recommend timely interventions for their maintenance and/or repair as to properly maintain its function during its lifetime. There are four main components of the OSOM+ program, namely: the periodic visual inspec Preview | Download Read More...
CHANGE OF NEARSHORE EXTREME WIND AND WAVE CLIMATE IN SOUTHEAST AFRICA by Bahareh Kamranzad - Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Japan - Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, Japan George Lavidas - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-07 Climate change impact assessment is vital in order to investigate not only the change of average wind and wave climate, but also the extreme events. Such kind of events can affect the activities in nearshore areas such as marine operation, as well as on design of coastal and marine structures. In this research, longterm assessment of wind and wave data has been conducted to determine the effect of climate change by comparing the dataset for historical and future projections. The analysis has been done mainl Preview | Download Read More...
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF EXISTING EXPONENTIAL EMPIRICAL FORMULAS FOR PORE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION INSIDE BREAKWATER CORE USING NUMERICAL MODELING by Sahameddin Mahmoudi Kurdistani - Ocean Predictions and Applications Division, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio - Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Ecotekne, Lecce, Italy Daniele Conte - Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Ecotekne, Lecce, Italy Stefano Mascetti - XC Engineering SRL, Cantù CO, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-08 A series of numerical experiments were carried out to perform a sensitivity analysis for existing exponential empirical formulas for pore pressure distribution inside the breakwater core. The Forchheimer equation was solved using a CFD modeling (Flow3D) along with the official license from the Flow Science, Inc. Pore pressure field observations of Zeebrugge breakwater core were used to calibrate the numerical model. Results of sensitivity analysis represented the wave period as an effective parameter on wav Preview | Download Read More...
3D SURVEY MODELLING FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IN RUBBLE-MOUND BREAKWATERS UNDER OBLIQUE WAVE INCIDENCE by Rute Lemos - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Enrique Peña - Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain João Santos - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa and Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Jose Senda - Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain Andreas Figuero - Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain Alberto Alvarellos - Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain Emilio Laiño - Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain Maria Teresa Reis - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Conceição Juana Fortes - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Nils B. Kerpen - Leibniz University Hannover, Ludwig-Franzius-Institute, Hannover, Germany Ricardo Coelho - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-09 Several authors have proposed guidelines on how to consider the effects of oblique waves on the stability of armour layers of rubble-mound breakwaters. Especially for very oblique waves, for which the increase in stability is the largest, limited data are available. Under the scope of the HYDRALAB+ transnational access project “RODBreak”, experiments were conducted in a tank at the Marienwerder facilities of the Leibnitz University Hannover (LUH), comprising measurements of sea waves, runup, overtopping Preview | Download Read More...
COASTAL SUBMERGED STRUCTURES ADAPTATION TO SEA LEVEL RISE OVER DIFFERENT BEACH PROFILES by Francesco Marini - DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Alessandro Mancinelli - DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Sara Corvaro - DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Stefania Rocchi - DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy Carlo Lorenzoni - DICEA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-10 The paper focuses on the analysis of the sea level rise and storms effects on natural or nourished beach profiles protected by submerged breakwaters. The increase in terms of intensity and frequency of extreme sea storms, and water levels produced by climate change, could lead to a deviation from the original trend of the beach. Typical Adriatic beaches will be considered as realistic study cases and a submerged structure for coastal protection of a natural or artificial (nourishment) beach is analysed in o Preview | Download Read More...
AN EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR COMBINED WAVE-CURRENT FLOW INTERACTING AT A RIGHT ANGLE OVER A PLANE BEACH by Massimiliano Marino - University of Catania – Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Catania, Italy Carla Faraci - University of Messina – Department of Engineering ,Messina, Italy Rosaria Ester Musumeci - University of Catania – Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Catania, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-11 In the present work an investigation on combined wavecurrent orthogonal flow over a planar beach is presented. A series of tests have been carried out in an experimental tank, in which a wavemaker coupled with a flow recirculation system allows the superposition of an oscillatory flow over an orthogonal steady current. Waves and current interact over a fixed smooth bed with a 1:25 sloping profile. Current only and wave plus current tests have been performed, during which surface elevation and velocity profi Preview | Download Read More...
ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENT SEA - WAVES IN THE RODBREAK EXPERIMENT by Liliana V. Pinheiro - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal João Alfredo Santos - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa and CENTEC - Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal Jan Henk Spans - Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, The Netherlands Conceição Juana E.M. Fortes - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-12 The RODBreak experiment aimed at characterizing wave runup, overtopping and damage in rubble-mound breakwaters with oblique wave incidence. a stretch of a rubble-mound breakwater was built in the wave basin of the Leibniz Universität Hannover. Under extreme wave conditions, with different incident wave angles (from 40° to 90°), a total of 49 tests were performed. Each test had different testing parameters, such as significant wave height (Hs), peak period (Tp) and wave direction. Also, for each test, dif Preview | Download Read More...
HYDRO-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION ANALYSIS OF A CLIFF by Ferdinando Reale - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy Albina Cuomo - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy Domenico Guida - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy Fabio Dentale - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy Angela Di Leo - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy Eugenio Pugliese Carratelli - University of Salerno - Department of Civil Engineering, Fisciano (SA) , Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-13 The paper illustrates a mid-term geomorphological evolution analysis of the cliff called “Ripe Rosse”, one of the most important rocky coast geosite in the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni UNESCO Global Geopark. Specifically, the study aims to define the main geological and geomorphological characteristics of the areas in question. High coasts are usually the result of a very long evolution (thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years). This type of high coast is particular, it follows an evolut Preview | Download Read More...
WAVE INDUCED HYDRODYNAMICS FIELD AROUND A LONG SUBMERGED GROIN: THE CASE STUDY OF THE LATINA (ITALY) NUCLEAR POWER PLANT COOLING SYSTEM INTAKE by Francesca Scipione - DICEA, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy Marcello Di Risio - DICEAA, LIam, Università dell’Aquila, Monteluco di Roio (AQ), Italy Myrta Castellino - DICEA, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy Davide Pasquali - DICEAA, LIam, Università dell’Aquila, Monteluco di Roio (AQ), Italy Paolo De Girolamo - DICEA, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-14 This study aims to reproduce the hydrodynamics (waves, currents and sediment transport) in the area surrounding the submerged cooling system of the Latina nuclear power plant (Latium region, Italy) in order to investigate the morphodynamic origin of the observed submarine channel. The bathymetry survey of the area revealed the presence of a rip canyon on the east flank of the structure. This structure is made up of two submerged pipelines, 700 m long, covered by a submerged rubble mound and extends to the - Preview | Download Read More...
PHYSICAL MODEL TESTS ON SPAR BUOY FOR OFFSHORE FLOATING WIND ENERGY CONVERSION by Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio - University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Diego Vicinanza - University of Campania, Caserta, Italy Marco Belloli - Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Claudio Lugli - CNR (National Research Council), Italy John-Paul Latham - Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London, England Jose Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez - University College Cork, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland Bjarne Jensen - DHI Water & Environment, Hørsholm, Denmark Axelle Vire - Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands Jaak Monbaliu - Catholic University of Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering, Leuven, Belgium Federico Taruffi - Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Luca Pustina - Roma Tre University,Roma, Italy Elisa Leone - University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Sara Russo - University of Campania, Caserta, Italy Antonio Francone - University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Alessandro Fontanella - Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Simone Di Carlo - Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Sara Muggiasca - Polytechnic University of Milan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Griet Decorte - Catholic University of Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering, Leuven, Belgium Irene Rivera-Arreba - Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands Vincenzo Ferrante - University of Campania, Caserta, Italy Tommaso Battistella - University of Cantabria, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, Santander, Spain Raul Guanche Garcia - University of Cantabria, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Cantabria, Santander, Spain Abel Martínez Díaz - University College Cork, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland Björn Elsässer - DHI Water & Environment, Hørsholm, Denmark Lluis Via-Estrem - Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London, England Jiansheng Xiang - Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Kensington Campus, London, England Morten Thøtt Andersen - Aalborg University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark Jens Peter Kofoed - Aalborg University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark Morten Bech Kramer - Aalborg University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark Elena Musci - AGENIA S.r.l., Bologna, Italy Letizia Lusito - University of Salento, Lecce, Italy DOI: DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2020-01.S-15 The present paper describes the experiences gained from the design methodology and operation of a 3D physical model experiment aimed to investigate the dynamic behaviour of a spar buoy floating offshore wind turbine. The physical model consists in a Froude-scaled NREL 5MW reference wind turbine (RWT) supported on the OC3-Hywind floating platform. Experimental tests have been performed at Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) offshore wave basin within the European Union-Hydralab+ Initiative, in April 2019. The f Preview | Download Read More...


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