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LNEC participates in the Portuguese Coastal and Port Engineering Conference

The “12th Portuguese Coastal and Port Engineering Conference,” organized by PIANC-Portugal, was supported by LNEC. The Portuguese Delegation of PIANC is based at LNEC and is chaired by researcher Francisco Sancho. The conference was held at the Figueira da Foz Arts and Entertainment Center, with major sponsorship from the Port of Figueira da Foz. 

This conference included a plenary session and 10 parallel technical sessions. It began with a technical visit to the works on “Improving Maritime Accessibility and Infrastructure at the Port of Figueira da Foz,” with the participation of more than 100 national technicians, including 10 LNEC employees.

During the event, several oral presentations were delivered by members of the Department of Hydraulics and Environment, including:

•    Contributions of the LIFE-GARACHICO Project in Praia da Vitória (Azores): an adaptive coastal management approach

•    Numerical modelling of wave–structure interaction using RANS models: the importance of turbulence models

•    Coastal flood maps for Praia da Vitória (Azores) derived from SWASH modelling of storm events

•    Navigation risks in the Port of Figueira da Foz under climate change scenarios

•    Modelling wave propagation and overtopping with the SWASH model in the Port of Praia da Vitória

•    Reconstruction of the breakwater at the Port of Lajes das Flores: the importance of physical modelling to support design

•    Results of the C2IMPRESS Project: Figueira da Foz pilot area

•    Prediction of damage evolution in rubble-mound breakwaters: a new approach

•    Influence of relative depth on overtopping prediction in marginal protection structures. 

•    Automation of methodologies for overtopping assessment in physical models.