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Research Projects

RETURN – Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT commUnities undeR a changiNg climate

Spoke 6 -TS2: Multi Risk Resilience of Critical Infrastructures

We are in charge of:

WP3 – Dynamic mapping of Natural and Climatic Hazards over the Infrastructure systems

TASK 6.3.3. Climate specific hazard maps – SUBTASK 3.3.1 – Mapping of climate hazards on CI, Strong winds – Leader: Elisabetta Colucci

WP6 – Integrated Technologies and Solutions for Holistic Risk Reduction

TASK 6.2. Pro-active solutions for risk reduction against accidental events – SUBTASK C.6.2.2, Bio-inspired Mitigation Measures against windstorms – Leader: Lorenzo Raffaele

Conferences

  • L. Raffaele, L. Bruno, E. Colucci, The Italian wind map – part I: a critical analysis of measurements at land anemometric stations, IN-VENTO 2024, International Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, Pisa, September 8th – 11th, 2024.
  • L. Raffaele, L. Bruno, E. Colucci, The Italian wind map – part II: an approach based on mesoscale wind modelling, IN-VENTO 2024, International Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering, Pisa, September 8th – 11th, 2024.
  • L. Raffaele, L. Bruno, E. Colucci, The Map of Italian Extreme Winds: Thirty Years Later, CTA 2024 XXIX Congresso del Collegio dei Tecnici dell’Acciaio, Milano, Italy, September 26th -28th, 2024.
  • E. Colucci, F. Giulio Tonolo, F. Rinaudo, L. Bruno, L. Raffaele. Remote Sensing open spatial datasets supporting natural hazard risk mapping and analysis. ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium 2024, October 22 – 25, 2024, Perth, Australia – Spatial Information to Empower the Metaverse.

Journal Papers

  • L. Raffaele, L. Bruno, E. Colucci “Reanalysis-based mesoscale wind maps for the design of structures and infrastructures with an application to Italy”. Submitted. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4822434. Preprint available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4822434
  • M. Gageik, C. J. Rodriguez Ahlert, N. Coste, L. Raffaele “A multi-scale gap-bridging CWE approach to windblown sand action on critical infrastructures: Modelling framework and case study on a high-speed railway line”. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics 249, 105722. doi: 10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105722