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Offshore and Onshore Wave Energy Converters: Engineering and Environmental Features by Cavallaro, Luca, Vicinanza, Diego

“…In the last decade, extensive research has been carried out with the aim of designing new prototype devices that allow for the extraction of electricity from…”
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Experiments on Surface Waves Interacting with Flexible Aquatic Vegetation by Cavallaro, Luca, Viviano, Antonino, Paratore, Giovanni, Foti, Enrico

“…Surface wave interaction with aquatic vegetation appears to play a key role in coastal hydro-morpho-dynamics. As an example, the presence of a dense meadow at…”
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Analysis on a database of ship accidents in port areas by Marino, Massimiliano, Cavallaro, Luca, Castro, Elisa, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Martignoni, Matteo, Roman, Federico, Foti, Enrico

“…In the last 15 years, the number of vessels in the world fleet has grown by around 53% and their gross tonnage has increased by 47%, with a consequent…”
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A Simple Model to Assess the Performance of an Overtopping Wave Energy Converter Embedded in a Port Breakwater by Cavallaro, Luca, Iuppa, Claudio, Castiglione, Federico, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Foti, Enrico

“…A numerical model for the optimization of the performance of an innovative overtopping breakwater for wave energy conversion is proposed. The model is based on…”
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Effect of Partial Use of Venice Flood Barriers by Cavallaro, Luca, Iuppa, Claudio, Foti, Enrico

“…The Venice lagoon is one of the most important areas in Italy because of its history and its particular structure and form. In order to defend Venice and other…”
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New frontiers in the risk assessment of ship collision by Marino, Massimiliano, Cavallaro, Luca, Castro, Elisa, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Martignoni, Matteo, Roman, Federico, Foti, Enrico

“…Navigation is becoming more and more complex over the years. The increase in maritime traffic and vessel size is inducing a global escalation of ship collision…”
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Wave loadings acting on innovative rubble mound breakwater for overtopping wave energy conversion by Contestabile, Pasquale, Iuppa, Claudio, Di Lauro, Enrico, Cavallaro, Luca, Andersen, Thomas Lykke, Vicinanza, Diego

“…The Overtopping BReakwater for Energy Conversion (OBREC) is an overtopping type wave energy converter, totally embedded into traditional rubble mound…”
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Assessment of K-Means Algorithm to Evaluate Nearshore Wave Climate by Castro, Elisa, Iuppa, Claudio, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Xibilia, Maria Gabriella, Patane, Luca, Foti, Enrico, Cavallaro, Luca

“…Accidents near ports have increased due to the ongoing expansion of maritime trade. These accidents have various causes, including adverse weather conditions…”
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Empirical overtopping volume statistics at an OBREC by Iuppa, Claudio, Cavallaro, Luca, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Vicinanza, Diego, Foti, Enrico

“…The results of a new experimental campaign on an Overtopping BReakwater for Energy Conversion (OBREC) device are presented. Previous 2D model tests carried out…”
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Wave load on a navigation lock sliding gate by Cavallaro, Luca, Iuppa, Claudio, Scandura, Pietro, Foti, Enrico

“…The wave load on a navigation lock sliding gate equipped with a ballast tank is investigated assuming the linear wave theory is valid and using the…”
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Environmental impact of strawberry production in Italy and Switzerland with different cultivation practices by Valiante, Daniele, Sirtori, Ilaria, Cossa, Stefano, Corengia, Luca, Pedretti, Martina, Cavallaro, Luca, Vignoli, Lorenzo, Galvagni, Andrea, Gomarasca, Stefano, Pesce, Gaetano Roberto, Boccardelli, Alessandro, Orsi, Luigi, Lovarelli, Daniela, Facchinetti, Davide, Pessina, Domenico, Bacenetti, Jacopo

“…In this study, the environmental impact of strawberry production in Italy and Switzerland was evaluated using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach. The…”
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A small scale Pressure Retarded Osmosis power plant: dynamics of the brackish effluent discharge along the coast by Stancanelli, Laura Maria, Musumeci, Rosaria Ester, Cavallaro, Luca, Foti, Enrico

“…The feasibility of a small scale Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) plant located along the eastern coast of Sicily (Italy) is assessed by considering fresh water…”
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Automating trade-off analysis of security requirements by Pasquale, Liliana, Spoletini, Paola, Salehie, Mazeiar, Cavallaro, Luca, Nuseibeh, Bashar

“…A key aspect of engineering secure systems is identifying adequate security requirements to protect critical assets from harm. However, security requirements…”
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Wave-induced loads on a lock gate provided with an opening through the ballast tank by Cavallaro, Luca, Iuppa, Claudio, Scandura, Pietro, Foti, Enrico

“…The wave loads on a navigation lock gate provided with an opening in the ballast tank are analyzed using a mathematical model based on the linear wave theory…”
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Turbulence-induced steady streaming in an oscillating boundary layer: On the reliability of turbulence closure models by Cavallaro, Luca, Scandura, Pietro, Foti, Enrico

“…The accuracy of several closure models of the Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Equations in predicting the characteristics of an oscillating turbulent wall…”
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Model for Wastage Allowance and Strength Properties of Pipe Piles Exposed to Marine Corrosion by Xia, Ruilin, Garbatov, Yordan, Liu, Changyong, Sun, Mingyang

“…The study’s objective is to analyze the mechanical properties of steel pipe piles as a part of a trestle bridge subjected to five years of natural marine…”
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Engineering adaptive privacy: On the role of privacy awareness requirements by Omoronyia, Inah, Cavallaro, Luca, Salehie, Mazeiar, Pasquale, Liliana, Nuseibeh, Bashar

“…Applications that continuously gather and disclose personal information about users are increasingly common. While disclosing this information may be essential…”
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An approach to adapt service requests to actual service interfaces by Cavallaro, Luca, Di Nitto, Elisabetta

“…Research about service oriented architectures produced, in the last years, some frameworks that enable the development of self-adaptive service compositions…”
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Adapting service requests to actual service interfaces through semantic annotations by Cavallaro, Luca, Ripa, Gianluca, Zuccala, Maurilio

“…In a previous work we presented an approach to allow invocation of services whose interface and behavior differ from each other. Such approach requires the…”
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Numerical Monitoring of Oil Spill Scenarios in Augusta Harbour by Roman, Federico, De Leo, Francesco, Cavallaro, Luca

“…A Eulerian model is used to describe oil slick transport in the Augusta Harbour, considering evaporation and emulsification weathering processes. Different…”
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