Research lines

River hydrodinamics

• Settlements and land use concerning flood risks
• Solid transport and river geomorphology
• Transport of non reactive substances
• River rehabilitation
• Preservation and rehabilitation of wetlands

Urban Hydrology

• Urban drainage: sewer network/surface runoff. Inlets
• Pollutant load in urban hydrology
• Flood risks in urban areas

Reservoir dynamics

• Thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour
• Sediment and nutrients dynamics
• Reservoir impact on river dynamics. Corrective measures

Dam hydraulics

• New designs for spill-flows
• Spills over crest

Irrigation canals exploitation

• Automatic control algorithms
• Control structure and lateral storage

Development of methodologies for using remote sensing in the study of the thermal and hydrodynamic behaviour of water bodies

• Flood areas definition
• Superficial temperature of river and reservoirs
• Characterization of vegetation in flooded areas

Flow-soil-structure interaction

• New numerical methods based on the integration particles technique with discrete element methods and finite elements
• Stability and safety of structures under hydraulic influences (water)