António Roseira Muralha

Senior technician

• Master Degree in Water Resources and Hydraulics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon (2009 – 2011)
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon (2006 – 2010)

• Hydraulic Structures
• Physical modelling in Hydraulic structures
• CFD modelling
• Characterization of the scouring process due to high velocity water jets:
• New technologies in physical models of hydraulic structures

• COMPLEX - Local scour around complex bridge piers
• NetFluv - Research Network in Fluvial Hydraulics
• Restructuring and technological innovation in hydraulic structures studies in reduced model
• Hydraulic model study - Complementary spillway of Salamonde dam.
• Hydraulic model study - Complementary spillway of Caniçada dam.
• Hydraulic model study – New solution of the spillways of Alto Tâmega dam.
• Guidelines for bridge deficiencies diagnosis. Study undertaken for the Portuguese National Institution for roads and bridge crossings

• Muralha, A. (2011) "Agitação residual em bacias portuárias. Caso de estudo do porto da Póvoa de Varzim." (Residual agitation inside harbours. Case study: Póvoa de Varzim harbour), Master thesis, Master degree in Water Resources and Hydraulics by Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, (in Portuguese);
• Muralha, A., Trigo-Teixeira, A. & Araújo, M. (2011). "Regime de extremos da agitação marítima a partir de dados de bóia e de hindcast.” (Agitation climate from buoy and hindcast data), 7as Jornadas Portuguesas De Engenharia Costeira e Portuária. 6 and 7 October 2011, Porto, Portugal, (in Portuguese);
• Couto, L., Moreno, M., Muralha, A. & Rocha, J., "The management of sediments near infrastructures founded on mobile beds.”, SedNet Innovative Sediment Management: How to do more with less, 6-9 November 2013, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal;
• Couto, L., Muralha, A., Alvarez, T., Sardinha, R., Oliveira, M., Dias da Silva, J., (2014) "Descarregador complementar da barragem de Caniçada: projeto e ensaios hidráulicos em modelo reduzido” (Complementary spillway of Caniçada dam: project and hydraulic tests in reduced model), 12º Congresso da água, 5-8 de March 2014, Lisbon, (in Portuguese);
• Muralha, A., Couto, L., Oliveira, M., Dias da Silva, J., Alvarez, T., Sardinha, R. (2014) "Salamonde dam complementary spillway. Design, hydraulic model and ongoing works.” Second International Dam World Conference, 21 a 24 de April 2015, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal;
• Muralha, A. Melo, J., Couto, L., "Caniçada dam complementary spillway: Physical model hydraulic tests.” Second International Dam World Conference, 21 a 24 de April 2015, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal, Poster;
• Muralha, A., Couto, L., Alvarez, T., Sardinha, R., Oliveira, M., Dias da Silva, J. (2015) Caniçada Dam complementary spillway. Design, hydraulic model and ongoing Works. Second International Workshop on Hydraulic Structures: Data Validation, 7 a 9 de May 2015, Coimbra, Portugal, ISBN 978-989-20-5792-7;
• Moreno, M., Muralha, A., Couto, L., Maia, R., Cardoso, A.H. (2015) "Influence of column width on the equilibrium scour depth at a complex pier”. 36th IAHR World Congress, 28 June to 3 July 2015, Den Haag, Holland, ISBN 978-90-824846-0-1.
• Muralha, A., Alves, E., (2016) "Barragem de Alto Tâmega. Nova solução do descarregador de cheias. Estudo das formas de projeto do descarregador de cheias da margem direita.” (Alto Tâmega Dam. New solution of the spillway, Study of the initial design of the right bank spillway)”, Technical Report NT28/2016. NRE, LNEC (in Portuguese);
• Muralha, A.; Melo, José F.; Ramos, H. M. 2020. "Assessment of CFD Solvers and Turbulent Models for Water Free Jets in Spillways" Fluids 5, no. 3: 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5030104