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activities of the Coastal Engineering research group of University
of Roma Tre (the youngest among the three universities of Rome)
is carried within the Department of Civil Engineering Sciences (DSIC)
of the faculty of Civil Engineering. The activities of the department
are oriented towards many research fields such as theoretical hydraulics,
hydrology, fluvial and coastal engineering. The coastal engineering
group is leaded by Prof. Leopoldo Franco and counts one research
assistant and three PhD students. Its scientific interests are oriented
towards the hydrodynamics of coastal region, wave-structure interaction,
wave and sea levels analysis and forecasting. At present the group
is involved in some research projects. The chair of Coastal Engineering
co-ordinates a national research project on the analysis of wave
measurements along Italian coastlines carried by the Oceanographic
and Marine Service of the National Agency for Environment (APAT).
Within the EU funded project DELOS, an extensive study on low crested
structures, used for coastal defence from erosion and flooding,
is being carried out. Within this project the group is involved
in working packages concerning numerical study of hydrodynamics
and morphodynamics in presence of structures as well as in packages
concerning laboratory tests and experimental data analysis. The
group is supporting also field measurements of overtopping waves
in Ostia marina in co-operation with MODIMAR a partner of EU funded
project CLASH. In collaboration with University of L’Aquila
the group is involved in a experimental and numerical study of wind
and landslide generated waves in artificial reservoirs. Also with
the University of L’Aquila, Roma Tre is carrying out a research
on storm surges and flooding of coastal regions in the Adriatic
Sea focusing the attention on the improvement of data analysis methods
and numerical modelling of sea levels in the Adriatic basin.
For further information visit the UR3 website on: http://host.uniroma3.it/dipartimenti/dsic
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