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

  • Modelado físico y numérico de la interacción entre olas y objetos flotantes 

    Ledo-Rodríguez, Jorge; Martinez Estevez, Ivan; Altomare, Corrado; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Crespo, Alejandro J.C.; Gómez-Gesteira, Moncho (Universidade de Vigo, 2023)
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    Este artículo se ha centrado en estudiar la interacción entre olas y objetos flotantes utilizando el modelado físico y el modelado numérico. En el caso del modelado físico se realizaron experimentos en el canal de oleaje ...

  • Developments and application of an offline coupling for armor block breakwaters on impermeable bed 

    Tagliafierro, Bonaventura; Altomare, Corrado; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Crespo, Alejandro J.C.; Gómez-Gesteira, Moncho (University of Manchester, 2023)
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    This paper proposes an optimization strategy that can be used in open-source hydrodynamic model to reduce the computational cost of simulations that aim to investigate the structural performance of port and coastal ...

  • An insightful tool for the response of armor block breakwaters on impermeable bed combining numerical modeling techniques 

    Tagliafierro, Bonaventura; Altomare, Corrado; Mitsui, Jun; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Crespo, Alejandro J.C.; Gómez Gesteira, Moncho; Hernaez, Mario; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (International Society of Ocean and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), 2023)
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    We aim to increase the efficiency of an open-source hydrodynamic model in investigating the structural performance of port infrastructure under high return period wave conditions, thus anticipating possible scenarios that ...

  • Potential of transplanted seagrass meadows on wave attenuation in a fetch-limited environment 

    Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Castell, X; García León, Manuel; Mösso Aranda, César; Lin Ye, Jue (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-06)
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    In this paper, the effectiveness of transplanted (either created or restored) seagrass meadows as a coastal protection measure is assessed through a five-step methodology. The analysis is focused on a stretch of the Catalan ...

  • Present and future flooding and erosion along the NW Spanish Mediterranean Coast 

    Sánchez Artús, Xavier; Gracia Garcia, Vicente; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Sierra Pedrico, Juan Pablo; Pinyol Guamis, Jordi; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (Frontiers Media, 2023-07)
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    Coastal flooding and eros-ion caused by extreme events are the main factors responsible for beach hazards. This effect will be exacerbated by the sea level rise induced by climate change. The present work determines the ...

  • Simulation of a flexible fish farming net in currents and waves with DualSPHysics: maritime and naval architecture applications 

    González Ávalos, Raúl; Altomare, Corrado; Gironella Cobos, Xavier; Cabrera Crespo, Alejandro; Martinez Estevez, Ivan (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), 2022)
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    In high-energy sea states, the deformation of fish farming nets is a limiting factor in the design, therefore it is necessary to have adequate models of flexible nets. However, the standard industrial modelling software ...

  • SPH simulation of wave breaking over a barred beach and comparison with experiments 

    Scandura, Pietro; Altomare, Corrado; Cáceres Rabionet, Iván; Viccione, Giacomo; Van Der A, Dominic (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), 2022)
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    This paper presents an SPH numerical simulation of the hydrodynamics due to monochromatic waves breaking on a rigid barred beach profile. The simulation is compared with large–scale laboratory experiments, in which detailed ...

  • Restoring and rehabilitation of historical coastal asset with SPH 

    Altomare, Corrado; Gironella Cobos, Xavier; Cabrera Crespo, Alejandro; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Tafuni, Angelantonio; Muñoz-Ramos, Gregori (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), 2022)
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    On January 20th, 2020, the storm Gloria caused the failure of the seaward platform and part of the footbridge of the Pont del Petroli pier at the beach of Badalona (Spain). A beam of about 15 m fell into the sea due to ...

  • Study of atmospheric forcing influence on harbour water renewal 

    Samper Garcia, Yaiza Julia; Espino Infantes, Manuel; Liste Muñoz, María; Mestres Ridge, Marc; Alsina Torrent, José María; Sánchez-Arcilla Conejo, Agustín (2023-05)
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    In this study, we use observations and numerical simulations to investigate the effect of meteorological parameters such as wind and atmospheric pressure on harbour water exchanges. The modelled information is obtained ...

  • Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of reef surf zone processes driven by plunging irregular waves 

    Lowe, Ryan J.; Altomare, Corrado; Buckley, Mark L.; da Silva, R.F.; Hansen, Jeff; Rijnsdorp, Dirk; Domínguez Alonso, José Manuel; Cabrera Crespo, Alejandro (2022-03)
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    As waves interact with the slopes of coral reefs and other steep bathymetry profiles, plunging breaking usually occurs where the free surface overturns and violent water motion is triggered. Resolving these surf zone ...

  • Regular wave seakeeping analysis of a planing hull by smoothed particle hydrodynamics: a comprehensive validation 

    Capasso, Salvatore; Tagliafierro, Bonaventura; Mancini, Simone; Martinez Estevez, Ivan; Altomare, Corrado; Domínguez, Jose; Viccione, Giacomo (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-04)
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    In this work, the dynamics of a planing hull in regular head waves was investigated using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) meshfree method. The simulation of the interaction of such vessels with wave trains features ...

  • DualSPHysics modelling to analyse the response of Tetrapods against solitary wave 

    Mitsui, Jun; Altomare, Corrado; Crespo, Alejandro; Dominguez, Jose; Martinez Estevez, Ivan; Suzuki, Tomohiro; Kubota, Shin-ichi; Gómez Gesteira, Moncho (2023-08)
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    The stability of Tetrapod armour units against solitary waves using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method is analysed in this work. To this purpose, the SPH-based DualSPHysics code was coupled with the multiphysics ...

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