Ph.D. in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale , 31st cycle (2015-2018)
Ph.D. obtained in 2019
Dissertation:
Windblown Sand Modelling and Mitigation for Civil Structures (Abstract)
Tutors:
Luca Bruno Luigi PreziosiProfile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente
Teachings
Master of Science
- Architettura e forme strutturali A (modulo di Tecnica delle costruzioni). A.A. 2017/18, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
- Architettura e forme strutturali A (modulo di Tecnica delle costruzioni). A.A. 2018/19, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Protocollo di Intesa tra il Politecnico di Torino DAD-DISMA e Optiflow (20/06/2024-19/06/2029) , (2024-2029) - Responsabile Scientifico
Memoranda of Understanding - Assessment and mitigation of windblown sand induced hazard along the Iraq Development Road infrastructure project on behalf of BTP Infrastrutture , (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Assessment of performance against windblown sand of the Blue-line and Red-line in the framework of SIEMENS high-speed rail system in Egypt , (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Analysis of windblown sand hazard and design of sand mitigation measures along the Green-Line railway project in Egypt , (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Sara Bordigoni Pistorello. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (cycle 40, 2025-in progress)
Research subject: Gridshell structures: new methods for design and performance assessment with applications
Numerical Modelling and Simulation Structural Design and Safety Structural Engineering
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca (2019)
Probabilistic Assessment of Windblown Sand Accumulation Around Railways. In: XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, Napoli (IT), 9-12 settembre, pp. 562-572
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Raffaele, Lorenzo (2019)
Windblown Sand Modelling and Mitigation for Civil Structures. relatore: BRUNO, Luca; PREZIOSI, LUIGI; , 31. XXXI Ciclo, P.: 200
Doctoral Thesis - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca (2019)
Windblown sand action on civil structures: Definition and probabilistic modelling. In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES, vol. 178, pp. 88-101. ISSN 0141-0296
Contributo su Rivista - Bruno, Luca; Horvat, Marko; Raffaele, Lorenzo (2018)
Windblown sand along railway infrastructures: A review of challenges and mitigation measures. In: JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS, vol. 177, pp. 340-365. ISSN 0167-6105
Contributo su Rivista - Bruno, Luca; Coste, Nicolas; Fransos, Davide; Lo Giudice, Andrea; Preziosi, Luigi; ... (2018)
Shield for Sand: An Innovative Barrier for Windblown Sand Mitigation. In: RECENT PATENTS ON ENGINEERING, vol. 12, pp. 237-246. ISSN 1872-2121
Contributo su Rivista - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca; Pellerey, Franco; Preziosi, Luigi (2018)
Aeolian windblown sand saltation: an application of copulae for the estimation of threshold shear velocity. In: XIV Biennial Conference of the Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Roma (IT), 2-6 luglio
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca (2018)
Railway megaprojects: A Semi-probabilistic Approach to Windblown Sand Action. In: 40th IABSE Symposium "Tomorrow’s Megastructures", Nantes (FR), 19-21 settembre
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca; Wiggs, Giles F. S. (2018)
Uncertainty propagation in aeolian processes: From threshold shear velocity to sand transport rate. In: GEOMORPHOLOGY, vol. 301, pp. 28-38. ISSN 0169-555X
Contributo su Rivista - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca; Fransos, Davide; Pellerey, Franco (2017)
Incoming windblown sand drift to civil infrastructures: A probabilistic evaluation. In: JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS, vol. 166, pp. 37-47. ISSN 0167-6105
Contributo su Rivista - Raffaele, Lorenzo; Bruno, Luca; Pellerey, Franco; Preziosi, Luigi (2016)
Windblown sand saltation: A statistical approach to fluid threshold shear velocity. In: AEOLIAN RESEARCH, vol. 23, pp. 79-91. ISSN 1875-9637
Contributo su Rivista - Raffaele, L.; Bruno, L.; Fransos, D. (2016)
Windblown sand saltation: a probabilistic approach to sand transport rate. In: XIV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, Terni (IT), 25-28 settembre, pp. 250-259
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)