LIM/UPC - Laboratori d'Enginyeria Marítima

 

El LIM/UPC (Dept. Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental de l'ETSECCPB) està format per investigadors altament qualificats i de disciplines tecnicocientífiques diverses. Les línies de treball són: hidrodinàmica costanera i estuariana, clima i qualitat del medi ambient marí, física i enginyeria oceanogràfiques, enginyeria i morfologia costanera, enginyeria portuària, i gestió de la zona costanera i els recursos costaners.
El LIM/UPC ha desenvolupat un avançat conjunt de models numèrics i disposa d’una infraestructura de laboratori i camp per al vessant experimental dels projectes desenvolupats (destaca el canal d’onatge ICTS-CIEM, tercer en importància a la UE).

El LIM / UPC (Dpto Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental de la ETSECCPB) está formado por investigadores altamente cualificados y de disciplinas técnico-científicas diversas. Las líneas de trabajo son: hidrodinámica costera y estuárica, clima y calidad del medio ambiente marino, física e ingeniería oceanográficas, ingeniería y morfología costera, ingeniería portuaria, y gestión de la zona costera y los recursos costeros.
El LIM / UPC ha desarrollado un avanzado conjunto de modelos numéricos y dispone de una infraestructura de laboratorio y campo para la vertiente experimental de los proyectos desarrollados (destaca el canal de oleaje ICTS-CIEM, tercero en importancia en la UE).

The Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM/UPC) of the Technical University of Catalonia has long-standing experience in the field of maritime engineering. It is a unit of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona. The LIM/UPC is made up of a team of highly qualified professionals who have solid experience and come from different technical and scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, geology, civil engineering, oceanography, etc.), who are organised into specialised workgroups that are well-coordinated among themselves. This enables a naturally multidisciplinary approach to the services offered. The basic aims are to undertake basic and applied research, to develop oceanographic and maritime technology, to draw up training programmes for different levels and to organise dissemination activities in the maritime and coastal engineering fields. The main research lines are coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, maritime environment climate.

The Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM/UPC) of the Technical University of Catalonia has long-standing experience in the field of maritime engineering. It is a unit of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona. The LIM/UPC is made up of a team of highly qualified professionals who have solid experience and come from different technical and scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, geology, civil engineering, oceanography, etc.), who are organised into specialised workgroups that are well-coordinated among themselves. This enables a naturally multidisciplinary approach to the services offered. The basic aims are to undertake basic and applied research, to develop oceanographic and maritime technology, to draw up training programmes for different levels and to organise dissemination activities in the maritime and coastal engineering fields. The main research lines are coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, maritime environment climate.

Recent Submissions

  • Sea level rise in Europe: knowledge gaps identified through a participatory approach 

    Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Winter, Gundula; Galluccio, Giulia; van den Hurk, Bart; Pinardi, Nadia; Pomarico, Lavinia Giulia; Bonaduce, Antonio; Depuydt, Michael; Meier, Hans Eberhard Markus; Vázquez Riveiros, Natalia (Copernicus publications, 2024-10-29)
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    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plays a pivotal role in delivering information and knowledge on sea level rise (SLR), a global threat impacting coastlines worldwide. However, considerable disparities ...

  • Sea level rise in Europe: summary for policymakers 

    Jiménez Quintana, José Antonio; Pinardi, Nadia; Bisaro, Alexander; van der Hurk, Bart; Galluccio, Giulia; Larkin, Kate; Melet, Angélique; Richter, Kristin; Pomarico, Lavinia Giulia; Singh, Kanika; van de Wal, Roderik; Winter, Gundula (Copernicus publications, 2024-10-29)
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    Open Access
    Sea level rise (SLR) is a global concern for low-lying coastal areas, including many European coasts. The European Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (KH-SLR), a collaborative effort by the Joint Programming Initiatives for ...

  • Smoothed particle hydrodynamics compared to finite volume methods in highly turbulent flow: a three-dimensional analysis of a marine propeller jet case 

    Ferraro, Domenico; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Lauria, Agostino; Altomare, Corrado; Aristodemo, Francesco (2025-03)
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    This study presents a comparative analysis between Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and Finite Volume Methods (FVMs) in simulating highly turbulent flows, focusing on a three-dimensional marine propeller jet case. The ...

  • Operational hydrodynamic service as a tool for coastal flood assessment 

    Sánchez Artús, Xavier; Gracia García, Vicente; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Grifoll Colls, Manel; Simarro Grande, Gonzalo; Guillén Aranda, Jorge; Gonzalez Díaz, Marta; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (2025-03)
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    Open Access
    Coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to storm impacts, highlighting the urgent need for predictive tools and enhanced preparedness. In this work, a comprehensive, high-resolution hydrodynamic operational service ...

  • Feasibility of artificial reefs as coastal protection measures at the Danube Delta coast, Romania 

    Dinu, Irina; Gracia García, Vicente; García León, Manuel; Lin-Ye, Jue; Stanica, Adrian; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (Frontiers Media SA, 2025-04)
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    Open Access
    The Danube Delta coast is part of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, thus being aimed to preserve its typical natural habitats. Over the last decades, human interventions along the Danube River, as well as coastal navigation ...

  • Spatial interpolation of wave fields based on limited spatial measurements 

    Padilla de la Torre, Enrique Manuel; Cao, Rui; Callaghan, Adrian H. (2023-10)
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    Open Access
    In experimental campaigns investigating space-time varying signals, e.g., evolving wave fields, it is common for the spatial resolution not to be as high as desired to properly capture the spatial variability of propagating ...

  • Identification of the free surface for unidirectional nonbreaking water waves from side-view digital images 

    Cao, Rui; Padilla de la Torre, Enrique Manuel; Fang, Yuxin; Callaghan, Adrian H. (2024-01-01)
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    Open Access
    We present a semi-automated image processing method, the continuous maximum gradient (CMG) method, for identifying the air–water interface in side-view digital images of unidirectional water waves in a glass-walled laboratory ...

  • Sensitivity of boundary layer features to depth-dependent baroclinic pressure gradient and turbulent mixing in an ocean of finite depth 

    Llorente Lázaro, Víctor Javier; Padilla de la Torre, Enrique Manuel; Díez Minguito, Manuel (2024-06)
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    Open Access
    The present numerical study builds on Ekman (1905)’s work in surface boundary layer and extends the boundary value problem to overcome some of its limitations. Previous studies addressed model’s limitations by assuming ...

  • Spatial variability analysis of renewal time in harbour environments using a Lagrangian model 

    Samper Garcia, Yaiza Julia; Hernandez, Ivan; Castro Rosero, Leidy Maricela; Liste Muñoz, María; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Alsina Torrent, José María (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025-02)
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    Open Access
    The water quality in port domains is highly dependent on the capacity for renewal and mixing with external water. This study uses Lagrangian modelling to investigate renewal time in Barcelona, Tarragona, and Gijón harbours ...

  • Processes controlling the dispersion and beaching of floating marine debris in the Barcelona coastal region 

    Hernandez, Ivan; Castro Rosero, Leidy Maricela; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Alsina Torrent, José María (Frontiers Media, 2025-01-27)
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    Open Access
    Coastal areas are considered potential sinks for plastic in marine environments. Data from a Lagrangian numerical simulation at a coastal scale using high-resolution hydrodynamic information and observational data of river ...

  • Numerical modeling of the dispersion and accumulation of marine litter from the Dniester River in coastal areas of the northwestern Black Sea 

    Castro Rosero, Leidy Maricela; Hernandez, Ivan; Mestres Ridge, Marc; Liste Muñoz, María; Alsina Torrent, José María; Espino Infantes, Manuel (2025-04)
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    Open Access
    This study investigates the transport and accumulation of Floating Marine Litter (FML) in the northwestern Black Sea, with a focus on the influence of the Dniester River and regional circulation patterns, including the ...

  • Modelling the hydrodynamic response of a floating offshore wind turbine – a comparative study 

    Yu, Shimin; Ransley, Edward; Qian, Ling; Tagliafierro, Bonaventura; Altomare, Corrado (2025-02)
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    Open Access
    This paper summarises the work conducted within the 1st FOWT (Floating Offshore Wind Turbine) Comparative Study organised by the EPSRC (UK) ‘Extreme loading on FOWTs under complex environmental conditions’ and ‘Collaborative ...

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