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Giuseppe R. Tomasicchio; Felice D’Alessandro; Antonio Francone; Giuseppe Barbaro; Giovanni Malara; Ferdinando Frega. Discussion of “Revisiting Longshore Sediment Transport Formulas” by Saeed Shaeri, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, and Rodger Tomlinson. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 2021, 147, 07021001 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe R. Tomasicchio, Felice D’Alessandro, Antonio Francone, Giuseppe Barbaro, Giovanni Malara, Ferdinando Frega. Discussion of “Revisiting Longshore Sediment Transport Formulas” by Saeed Shaeri, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, and Rodger Tomlinson. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. 2021; 147 (4):07021001.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe R. Tomasicchio; Felice D’Alessandro; Antonio Francone; Giuseppe Barbaro; Giovanni Malara; Ferdinando Frega. 2021. "Discussion of “Revisiting Longshore Sediment Transport Formulas” by Saeed Shaeri, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, and Rodger Tomlinson." Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 147, no. 4: 07021001.
Contractions and expansions are common features in various types of pipeline systems. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a sudden cross section change on transient pressure waves. The paper presents laboratory data and numerical calculations of pressure oscillations during the valve-induced water hammer in serially connected steel pipes. Five different variants of experiments were conducted which included recording pressure changes at the downstream end of the pipeline system. The more sections with different diameters there are connected in series, the more complex the transient wave recorded is. Laboratory data indicate a significant influence of individual pipeline sections on the final course of pressure oscillations. Transient equations were solved using the explicit MacCormack scheme. In order to numerically simulate water hammers in pipe series, the improved junction boundary condition was established. It involves assigning two sets of values, which describe flow parameters, to the connection node thus causing it to act as two separate nodes. The numerical model was calibrated with the unsteady friction factor. The derivation of equations that take into account a sudden change in diameter in the connected pipes allowed the reproduction of the wave nature of the water hammer phenomenon, results were satisfactory as compared to experimental data. The numerical model correctly reproduced pressure wave interactions and pressure amplitudes.
Agnieszka Malesinska; Michal Kubrak; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Vincenzo Fiamma; Giuseppe Barbaro. Water Hammer Simulation in a Steel Pipeline System With a Sudden Cross Section Change. Journal of Fluids Engineering 2021, 143, 1 .
AMA StyleAgnieszka Malesinska, Michal Kubrak, Mariusz Rogulski, Pierfabrizio Puntorieri, Vincenzo Fiamma, Giuseppe Barbaro. Water Hammer Simulation in a Steel Pipeline System With a Sudden Cross Section Change. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 2021; 143 (9):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgnieszka Malesinska; Michal Kubrak; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Vincenzo Fiamma; Giuseppe Barbaro. 2021. "Water Hammer Simulation in a Steel Pipeline System With a Sudden Cross Section Change." Journal of Fluids Engineering 143, no. 9: 1.
The Italian territory, due to its geomorphological and climatic characteristics, is particularly prone to hydrogeological instability phenomena such as flash floods, river floods, sea storms and coastal erosion. These phenomena are particularly relevant due to the considerable Italian coastline, of about 8300 km in length, and to the presence of many rivers. The most critical aspects of these phenomena are observed in the case of concurrent events. The paper describes an event of hydrogeological instability which occurred in 2015 in Bruzzano Zeffirio, a town in southern Ionian Calabria. The event consisted of both a flood, which caused the flooding of the Bruzzano river, a torrential river, and a sea storm. The joint action of both phenomena may have also caused the collapse of the highway bridge and of the railway bridge, both located near the river mouth. The paper analyses the possible correlations between this event and the geomorphological and climatic characteristics of the study area. It represents a pilot study on the conditions that favor the contemporaneity between floods and sea storms and can be extended to other territories with the same characteristics. Also, this study can be used by local administrator to plan and manage these territories.
Caterina Canale; Giuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Olga Petrucci; Giovanni Besio; Giuseppina Chiara Barillà. Bruzzano river mouth damage due to meteorological events. International Journal of River Basin Management 2021, 1 -17.
AMA StyleCaterina Canale, Giuseppe Barbaro, Giandomenico Foti, Olga Petrucci, Giovanni Besio, Giuseppina Chiara Barillà. Bruzzano river mouth damage due to meteorological events. International Journal of River Basin Management. 2021; ():1-17.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaterina Canale; Giuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Olga Petrucci; Giovanni Besio; Giuseppina Chiara Barillà. 2021. "Bruzzano river mouth damage due to meteorological events." International Journal of River Basin Management , no. : 1-17.
Urbanization increases imperviousness and reduces infiltration, retention, and evapotranspiration, frequently aggravating urban flooding due to greater runoff and higher and faster discharge peaks. Effective strategies to mitigate flood risks require a better understanding of the watershed dynamics and space to reverse the negative impacts. However, often cities do not have proper data sets to feed mathematical models that would be helpful in mapping water dynamics. Attempts to reduce flood risks have been made for decades by means of structural interventions but were frequently designed within the logic of a local scale, using limited available spaces and often merely shifting flooding downstream. Therefore, assessing urban floods requires a modeling approach capable of reflecting the watershed scale, considering interactions between hydraulic structures and urban landscape, where best practices and non-structural measures aim to improve community flood resilience through the reduction of social and financial costs in the long run. This paper proposes an integrated approach to analyze low impact development (LID) practices complemented by non-structural measures in a case study in southern Italy, supported by mathematical modeling in a strategy to overcome a context of almost no available data and limited urban open spaces.
Giuseppe Barbaro; Marcelo Miguez; Matheus de Sousa; Anna Ribeiro da Cruz Franco; Paula de Magalhães; Giandomenico Foti; Matheus Valadão; Irene Occhiuto. Innovations in Best Practices: Approaches to Managing Urban Areas and Reducing Flood Risk in Reggio Calabria (Italy). Sustainability 2021, 13, 3463 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro, Marcelo Miguez, Matheus de Sousa, Anna Ribeiro da Cruz Franco, Paula de Magalhães, Giandomenico Foti, Matheus Valadão, Irene Occhiuto. Innovations in Best Practices: Approaches to Managing Urban Areas and Reducing Flood Risk in Reggio Calabria (Italy). Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3463.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro; Marcelo Miguez; Matheus de Sousa; Anna Ribeiro da Cruz Franco; Paula de Magalhães; Giandomenico Foti; Matheus Valadão; Irene Occhiuto. 2021. "Innovations in Best Practices: Approaches to Managing Urban Areas and Reducing Flood Risk in Reggio Calabria (Italy)." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3463.
Orthogonal wave-current interaction often occurs in coastal regions, when waves approach the shoreline near-orthogonally and longshore currents are present. Notwithstanding its wide relevance, this phenomenon is far from being understood to a full extent, especially in the presence of bed roughness. Indeed the effects on the apparent roughness due to the combination of steady currents and surface waves propagating at right angles are still a matter of debate, both in the current and in the wave dominated cases. To this aim, the hydrodynamic effects of an orthogonal regular wave on a current propagating over a rough bed were investigated; two different rough beds, one sandy and one made of gravel, were considered. Both surface elevation and velocity profiles were acquired by means of an array of wave gauges and Micro Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters positioned within the tank. Here the range of the investigated parameters was significantly enlarged with respect to the existing literature studies. The present paper focuses on the analysis of the mean velocity profiles. More specifically, observation of velocity profiles shows that the current to wave velocity ratio and the bed roughness play an important role, by impacting the value of the apparent roughness. Indeed it was found that as far as the flow is current dominated the addition of waves on the current increases the flow resistance. The opposite happens when the flow is wave dominated, irrespective of the bed roughness type. In particular, the apparent roughness increases as far as the wave plus current to current only friction velocity ratio increases. The increase is more rapid if the wave plus current prevails on the current only friction velocity.
Carla Faraci; Rosaria Ester Musumeci; Massimiliano Marino; Alessia Ruggeri; Lilia Carlo; Bjarne Jensen; Enrico Foti; Giuseppe Barbaro; Bjorn Elsaßer. Wave- and current-dominated combined orthogonal flows over fixed rough beds. Continental Shelf Research 2021, 220, 104403 .
AMA StyleCarla Faraci, Rosaria Ester Musumeci, Massimiliano Marino, Alessia Ruggeri, Lilia Carlo, Bjarne Jensen, Enrico Foti, Giuseppe Barbaro, Bjorn Elsaßer. Wave- and current-dominated combined orthogonal flows over fixed rough beds. Continental Shelf Research. 2021; 220 ():104403.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarla Faraci; Rosaria Ester Musumeci; Massimiliano Marino; Alessia Ruggeri; Lilia Carlo; Bjarne Jensen; Enrico Foti; Giuseppe Barbaro; Bjorn Elsaßer. 2021. "Wave- and current-dominated combined orthogonal flows over fixed rough beds." Continental Shelf Research 220, no. : 104403.
Over recent decades, Soil Erosion by Water (WSE) has become a severe and extended issue affecting all European countries. The European Mediterranean countries are particularly prone to erosion because they are subject to prolonged dry periods followed by heavy erosive rains falling on steep slopes characterized by fragile soils. In particular, natural conditions and the human impact have made Calabria region, in southern Italy, particularly prone to intense WSE. The paper describes the methodology adopted to quantify solid transport in the Allaro river basin, located on the Ionian coast of Calabria. The methodology is divided into three phases, as follows: morphometric characterization of the river basin, identification of the available gauges and analysis of rainfall and temperature data and influence area of each gauge, and estimate of solid transport using the Gavrilovic model. This model is particularly valid for rivers such as the Calabrian ones where most of the solid transport is linked to the WSE. The methodology described in this paper is suitable to all basins with morphometric and hydrological characteristics like those Allaro and Calabrian basins. Furthermore, an improvement in the river transport estimate is important not only for the planning and management of the areas near the rivers but also for the coastal areas near the mouths.
G Foti; G Barbaro; G Bombino. Application of remote sensing to estimate river sediment transport in the Calabrian basins (Italy). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2020, 612, 012042 .
AMA StyleG Foti, G Barbaro, G Bombino. Application of remote sensing to estimate river sediment transport in the Calabrian basins (Italy). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2020; 612 (1):012042.
Chicago/Turabian StyleG Foti; G Barbaro; G Bombino. 2020. "Application of remote sensing to estimate river sediment transport in the Calabrian basins (Italy)." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 612, no. 1: 012042.
As a result of climate change and of growing anthropization for tourism and commercial purposes, coastal areas are increasingly prone to coastal flooding phenomena. Therefore, in order to plan and manage these territories, it is necessary to adopt methodologies for mapping coastal flooding areas. Currently, in the scientific and legislative literature, the mapping of these areas is not widely studied. This paper describes a quick methodology for mapping coastal flood hazard areas on QGIS. In particular, the proposed methodology takes into account the effects of sea storms, tides and climate changes, allowing to identify floodable areas. Also, analyzing a database containing information on the historically flooded areas in Calabria, a location where this methodology was applied was chosen. This location is a Calabrian town, Gioia Tauro, located along the Tyrrhenian coast, where in the last 40 years many sea storms have flooded the waterfront, causing damage to houses, bathing establishments and maritime works. Furthermore, the analysis carried out made it possible to verify the consistency between the mapping and the events that occurred.
Giuseppina Chiara Barillà; Giandomenico Foti; Giuseppe Barbaro; Fabrizio Currò. Coastal Flood Hazard: A Quick Mapping Methodology. Case Study: Gioia Tauro (Italy). Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1608 -1617.
AMA StyleGiuseppina Chiara Barillà, Giandomenico Foti, Giuseppe Barbaro, Fabrizio Currò. Coastal Flood Hazard: A Quick Mapping Methodology. Case Study: Gioia Tauro (Italy). Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1608-1617.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppina Chiara Barillà; Giandomenico Foti; Giuseppe Barbaro; Fabrizio Currò. 2020. "Coastal Flood Hazard: A Quick Mapping Methodology. Case Study: Gioia Tauro (Italy)." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1608-1617.
Urban growth usually aggravates flooding problems, disrupting city life and requiring engineering works to ensure safety conditions to lower-lying city areas. Traditionally, canalization works were the preferred choice for flood mitigation. However, increased city growth limits the effectiveness of this approach due to the lack of free spaces. In addition, local canalization practices tend to transfer flooding downstream in a nonsustainable way. In the last 80 years, the town of Cittanova, in the province of Reggio Calabria, Italy, has been subjected to several flooding events related to river overflows or storm drain failures causing significant damages to mobility, households, and even to public safety. This paper focuses on the Forio Creek, which is a tributary of the Vacale River and runs through the city. The study was carried out using mathematical tools within a conceptual framework with the aim of mapping floods to prevent damage to the city and avoid future losses, thus reducing risks. MODCEL was the hydrodynamic model used to map urban floods and to support the use of the Flood Risk Index (FRI), which is a quantitative multicriteria tool relating flood levels to socioeconomic losses. Both the MODCEL and the FRI were previously available, but their combined use and the final integrated analyses carried in this paper introduce a simple and quantifiable flood risk procedure to identify present flood risks and foresee future scenarios while supporting alternative design and prioritizing flood control choices. This framework was applied to Cittanova and validated by practical observations.
Fabio Scionti; Marcelo Gomes Miguez; Giuseppe Barbaro; Matheus Martins de Sousa; Giandomenico Foti; Caterina Canale. Integrated Methodology for Urban Flood Risk Mitigation in Cittanova, Italy. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2018, 144, 05018013 .
AMA StyleFabio Scionti, Marcelo Gomes Miguez, Giuseppe Barbaro, Matheus Martins de Sousa, Giandomenico Foti, Caterina Canale. Integrated Methodology for Urban Flood Risk Mitigation in Cittanova, Italy. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 2018; 144 (10):05018013.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Scionti; Marcelo Gomes Miguez; Giuseppe Barbaro; Matheus Martins de Sousa; Giandomenico Foti; Caterina Canale. 2018. "Integrated Methodology for Urban Flood Risk Mitigation in Cittanova, Italy." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 144, no. 10: 05018013.
Background: When transporting liquids, in particularly over long distances, dynamic forces in the system can present a risk. The larger the system size, and the greater the pressure, the more harmful the impact is of such forces. Water is transported in this way for domestic, industrial, and fire-fighting purposes. One of the impulses of dynamic force application may be the transition of the pressure wave in the water hammer. Methods: In this paper, the results of measured dynamic forces and associated displacements recorded on the model caused by transient flow conditions are presented. For measured forces, the displacements of the pipe were also calculated by using the oscillation motion equations. Force measurements and displacement analyses were carried out in laboratory on the model of a simple fire protection system equipped with three nozzles. Results and Conclusions: The measurement results and calculations were used to calibrate a mathematical model created using MATLAB software.
Agnieszka Malesińska; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Giuseppe Barbaro; Beata Kowalska. Displacements of the pipe system caused by a transient phenomenon using the dynamic forces measured in the laboratory. Measurement and Control 2018, 51, 443 -452.
AMA StyleAgnieszka Malesińska, Mariusz Rogulski, Pierfabrizio Puntorieri, Giuseppe Barbaro, Beata Kowalska. Displacements of the pipe system caused by a transient phenomenon using the dynamic forces measured in the laboratory. Measurement and Control. 2018; 51 (9-10):443-452.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgnieszka Malesińska; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Giuseppe Barbaro; Beata Kowalska. 2018. "Displacements of the pipe system caused by a transient phenomenon using the dynamic forces measured in the laboratory." Measurement and Control 51, no. 9-10: 443-452.
Pipe lines are useful for transporting water for drinking, irrigation and for fireing over long distances, this pipe lines are called...
Agnieszka Malesińska; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Giuseppe Barbaro; Beata Kowalska. Use of equivalent celerity to estimate maximum pressure increase in serial pipes during water hammer - numerical simulations in MATLAB. International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements 2018, 7, 22 -32.
AMA StyleAgnieszka Malesińska, Mariusz Rogulski, Pierfabrizio Puntorieri, Giuseppe Barbaro, Beata Kowalska. Use of equivalent celerity to estimate maximum pressure increase in serial pipes during water hammer - numerical simulations in MATLAB. International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements. 2018; 7 (1):22-32.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAgnieszka Malesińska; Mariusz Rogulski; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri; Giuseppe Barbaro; Beata Kowalska. 2018. "Use of equivalent celerity to estimate maximum pressure increase in serial pipes during water hammer - numerical simulations in MATLAB." International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements 7, no. 1: 22-32.
The environmental balance is being increasingly altered by mankind’s direct and indirect actions. Waterproofing of territory and continuous climate change are amongst the main factors of hydrogeological risk. In the presence of complex orographies and particular geographical exposure, meteorological phenomena can have devastating consequences. Calabria, located in the southern part of Italy, stands at the confluence of the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas and is particularly exposed to such phenomena. Its unique geomorphological formation makes it subject to flooding and sea storms that have revealed the fragility of its territory. When such phenomena occur concurrently, the effects can be devastating, both in terms of infrastructure damage and inconvenience to the local population, as downstream flooding interacts with wave run-up. We will analyze the history of contemporary flooding and storms in the Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria, which is located in the south of Calabria and in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Two case studies will be illustrated, one relating to the Ionian coast and the other to the Tyrrhenian coast.
Giuseppe Barbaro; Olga Petrucci; Caterina Canale; Giandomenico Foti; Pierluigi Mancuso; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri. Contemporaneity of Floods and Storms. A Case Study of Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2018, 614 -620.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro, Olga Petrucci, Caterina Canale, Giandomenico Foti, Pierluigi Mancuso, Pierfabrizio Puntorieri. Contemporaneity of Floods and Storms. A Case Study of Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2018; ():614-620.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro; Olga Petrucci; Caterina Canale; Giandomenico Foti; Pierluigi Mancuso; Pierfabrizio Puntorieri. 2018. "Contemporaneity of Floods and Storms. A Case Study of Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 614-620.
Giuseppe Barbaro. Master Plan of solutions to mitigate the risk of coastal erosion in Calabria (Italy), a case study. Ocean & Coastal Management 2016, 132, 24 -35.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro. Master Plan of solutions to mitigate the risk of coastal erosion in Calabria (Italy), a case study. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2016; 132 ():24-35.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro. 2016. "Master Plan of solutions to mitigate the risk of coastal erosion in Calabria (Italy), a case study." Ocean & Coastal Management 132, no. : 24-35.
Giuseppe Tomasicchio; Felice D'Alessandro; Giuseppe Barbaro; Elena Musci; Teresa M. De Giosa. Longshore transport at shingle beaches: An independent verification of the general model. Coastal Engineering 2015, 104, 69 -75.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Tomasicchio, Felice D'Alessandro, Giuseppe Barbaro, Elena Musci, Teresa M. De Giosa. Longshore transport at shingle beaches: An independent verification of the general model. Coastal Engineering. 2015; 104 ():69-75.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Tomasicchio; Felice D'Alessandro; Giuseppe Barbaro; Elena Musci; Teresa M. De Giosa. 2015. "Longshore transport at shingle beaches: An independent verification of the general model." Coastal Engineering 104, no. : 69-75.
Paolo Boccotti; Vincenzo Fiamma; Giuseppe Barbaro; Luigi Collia. Small Scale Field Experiment on Breaking Wave Pressure on Vertical Breakwaters. Open Journal of Marine Science 2015, 05, 412 -421.
AMA StylePaolo Boccotti, Vincenzo Fiamma, Giuseppe Barbaro, Luigi Collia. Small Scale Field Experiment on Breaking Wave Pressure on Vertical Breakwaters. Open Journal of Marine Science. 2015; 05 (04):412-421.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaolo Boccotti; Vincenzo Fiamma; Giuseppe Barbaro; Luigi Collia. 2015. "Small Scale Field Experiment on Breaking Wave Pressure on Vertical Breakwaters." Open Journal of Marine Science 05, no. 04: 412-421.
Giuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Luca Sicilia; Giovanni Malara. A Formula for the Calculation of the Longshore Sediment Transport Including Spectral Effects. Journal of Coastal Research 2014, 297, 961 -966.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro, Giandomenico Foti, Luca Sicilia, Giovanni Malara. A Formula for the Calculation of the Longshore Sediment Transport Including Spectral Effects. Journal of Coastal Research. 2014; 297 ():961-966.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Luca Sicilia; Giovanni Malara. 2014. "A Formula for the Calculation of the Longshore Sediment Transport Including Spectral Effects." Journal of Coastal Research 297, no. : 961-966.
Reliability of offshore platforms is an important issue in the prevention of environmental disasters. In this paper, the variation of the horizontal force exerted on an offshore gravity platform is analyzed to achieve a deep comprehension of a storm scenario. Considering the wave motion as a potential motion, the quasi-determinism theory is applied to obtain the kinematic characteristics of a storm. The evolution of force against time is analyzed through the Morison's equation, diffraction theory, and a simplified method. Moreover, two case studies are examined, one in the Ortona region of the Italian coast and the other in the Gulf of Alaska, USA.
Giuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Carmelo Luca Sicilia. Evaluation of the Horizontal Wave Forces on Piles. Air, Soil and Water Research 2014, 7, 103 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro, Giandomenico Foti, Carmelo Luca Sicilia. Evaluation of the Horizontal Wave Forces on Piles. Air, Soil and Water Research. 2014; 7 ():103.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti; Carmelo Luca Sicilia. 2014. "Evaluation of the Horizontal Wave Forces on Piles." Air, Soil and Water Research 7, no. : 103.
Practical applications in ocean engineering require the long-term analysis for prediction of extreme waves, that identify design conditions. If extreme individual waves are investigated, we need to combine long-term statistical analysis of ocean waves with short-term statistics. The former considers the distribution of standard deviation of free surface displacement in the considered location in a long-time span, of order of 10 years or more. The latter analyzes the distribution of individual wave heights in a sea state, which is a Gaussian process in time domain. Recent advanced approaches enable the combination of the two analyses. In the paper the analytical solution is obtained for the return period of a sea storm with at least two individual waves higher than a fixed level. This solution is based on the application of the Equivalent Triangular Storm model for the representation of actual storms. One of the corollaries of the solution gives the exact expression for the probability that at least two waves higher than fixed level are produced during the lifetime of a structure. The previous solution of return period and the relative probability of exceedance may be effectively applied for the risk analysis of ocean structures.
Felice Arena; Giuseppe Barbaro; Alessandra Romolo. Return Period of a Sea Storm with at Least Two Waves Higher than a Fixed Threshold. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2013, 2013, 1 -6.
AMA StyleFelice Arena, Giuseppe Barbaro, Alessandra Romolo. Return Period of a Sea Storm with at Least Two Waves Higher than a Fixed Threshold. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2013; 2013 ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelice Arena; Giuseppe Barbaro; Alessandra Romolo. 2013. "Return Period of a Sea Storm with at Least Two Waves Higher than a Fixed Threshold." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2013, no. : 1-6.
Coastal processes should be one of the main issues in coastal zone management; ignoring it could lead to wrong decisions which, in turn, could lead to environmental disaster. This letter shows some examples of coastal structures that are built without taking into account coastal processes, and discusses their impact on the environment, with the hopes that the examples provided can serve as a warning for any future decisions. The analyzed zone is the coast of the Calabria Region in southern Italy. The coast is being studied as part of an agreement between the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria and the Calabria Basin Authority, concerning the redaction of the Coastal Erosion Risk Mitigation Plan. All data and results are obtained from a preliminary study of the coastal processes in Calabria. Calabria, with more than 700 km of coasts, is affected by coastal erosion, so the proper management and protection of the coastal zone represents an important issue that cannot be avoided.
Giuseppe Barbaro. Management and Protection of Coastal Area, the Importance of Coastal Processes during the Planning Phase. Air, Soil and Water Research 2013, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro. Management and Protection of Coastal Area, the Importance of Coastal Processes during the Planning Phase. Air, Soil and Water Research. 2013; 6 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro. 2013. "Management and Protection of Coastal Area, the Importance of Coastal Processes during the Planning Phase." Air, Soil and Water Research 6, no. : 1.
Giuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti. Shoreline behind a Breakwater: Comparison between Theoretical Models and Field Measurements for the Reggio Calabria Sea. Journal of Coastal Research 2013, 286, 216 -224.
AMA StyleGiuseppe Barbaro, Giandomenico Foti. Shoreline behind a Breakwater: Comparison between Theoretical Models and Field Measurements for the Reggio Calabria Sea. Journal of Coastal Research. 2013; 286 ():216-224.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Barbaro; Giandomenico Foti. 2013. "Shoreline behind a Breakwater: Comparison between Theoretical Models and Field Measurements for the Reggio Calabria Sea." Journal of Coastal Research 286, no. : 216-224.
The paper deals with the analysis of severe storms in the central Mediterranean Sea and in the US coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Firstly, we introduce a model for the representation of the sea storms by means of two parameters: the former is given by the maximum value of significant wave height in the actual storm and defines the storm intensity, the latter gives the storm duration. The analysis considers buoy data with different sampling Δt between two consecu- tive records, which varies in the range 0.5 - 6 hours. The sensitivity analysis of the modelled sea storm with the varia- tion of Δt shows as the structure of storms is strongly modified with large values of Δt of order of 3 - 6 hours: both the intensity and the duration may change significantly. The results are of interest to investigate the extreme events in the storms obtained with WAve Model, starting from meteorological data, where the value of Δt of 6 hours is widely applied. The conclusion is that structure of severe storms should be represented with continuous data, with Δt = 0.5 hours; a good representation is also obtained with Δt = 1 hour. The errors with increasing values of Δt are investigated.
Felice Arena; Valentina Laface; Giuseppe Barbaro; Alessandra Romolo. Effects of Sampling between Data of Significant Wave Height for Intensity and Duration of Severe Sea Storms. International Journal of Geosciences 2013, 04, 240 -248.
AMA StyleFelice Arena, Valentina Laface, Giuseppe Barbaro, Alessandra Romolo. Effects of Sampling between Data of Significant Wave Height for Intensity and Duration of Severe Sea Storms. International Journal of Geosciences. 2013; 04 (01):240-248.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelice Arena; Valentina Laface; Giuseppe Barbaro; Alessandra Romolo. 2013. "Effects of Sampling between Data of Significant Wave Height for Intensity and Duration of Severe Sea Storms." International Journal of Geosciences 04, no. 01: 240-248.