Lorenzo Raffaele

Assistant Professor with time contract
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

lorenzo.raffaele@polito.it

Profile

Research interests

Bluff body aerodynamics

Computational fluid dynamics (cfd)

Grid shells

Wind engineering

Windblown sand mitigation measures

Scientific branch

ICAR/09 - STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics

PE8_4 - Computational engineering

PE8_5 - Fluid mechanics

SDG

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Teaching

Courses of Study Boards

Collegio di Architettura. 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
Architecture and structural forms (modulo di Structural engineering). A.A. 2019/20, ARCHITETTURA COSTRUZIONE CITTA'. Collaboratore del corso

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Bachelor of Science

Morfologia e concezione delle strutture. A.A. 2019/20, ARCHITETTURA. Collaboratore del corso
Morfologia e concezione delle strutture. A.A. 2022/23, ARCHITETTURA. Titolare del corso

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Research

Research projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

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

Publications

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Raffaele, L.; Bruno, L.; Sherman, D. J. (2020)
Statistical characterization of sedimentation velocity of natural particles. In: AEOLIAN RESEARCH, vol. 44, pp. 1-11. ISSN 1875-9637
Contributo su Rivista
Raffaele, L.; Bruno, L. (2020)
Windblown Sand Mitigation Along Railway Megaprojects: A Comparative Study. In: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1016-8664
Contributo su Rivista
Horvat, M.; Bruno, L.; Khris, S.; Raffaele, L. (2020)
Aerodynamic shape optimization of barriers for windblown sand mitigation using CFD analysis. In: JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS, vol. 197. ISSN 0167-6105
Contributo su Rivista
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