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LUCA MARTINELLI

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Position

Professore Associato

Address

VIA OGNISSANTI, 39 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498277996

Luca Martinelli, PhD, Associate Professor in the field of Maritime Construction (2018-), Padova University, ICEA Department, Italy; Director of the Maritime Laboratories of ICEA Department (2020-); Member of the Boards of Directors of ISOPE (7.2023-6.2024); Member of the ICEA PhD Council (2016 ); Achieved the National Scientific qualification as full professor in 2023; Member of Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica (2010-), Centro Studi Giorgio Levi Cases (2015 ), Accademici Italiani Marittimi (2017-), ISOPE (2018-); CONISMA (2019-); Served in the Technical Program Committee of ISOPE (2017-); in the Scientific Advisory Board of SDEWES (2019-) and ICCE (2024); in the Local Technical Committee of EWTEC (2019); Worked in 2002-2010 as Research fellow at Bologna University and in 2010-2018 in Padova University, as Assistant Professor; Participated to several European research projects; Expert of physical modelling and field testing; Research topics are Hydraulic response of maritime structures, Wave energy converters, Coastal Protection, Coastal flooding risk. Intense teaching activity. Numerous publications. Scopus h-index, 19, 1000+ citations.

Notices

www.boaspinoff.com

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 16:45 to 18:30
    at Sede Geomar / zoom meeting
    Il giorno di ricevimento e' orientativo. Si intende subito dopo la lezione. Students are invited to send a request email before the meeting.

Teachings

Publications

... follows from the Italian page

[18] Castellino, M., Sammarco, P., Romano, A., Martinelli, L., Ruol, P., Franco, L., & De Girolamo, P. (2018). Large impulsive forces on recurved parapets under non-breaking waves. A numerical study. Coastal Engineering, 136, 1-15.
[19] Martinelli., L., Ruol, P., Volpato, M., Favaretto, C., Castellino, M., Sammarco, P., Romano, A., Franco, L., De Girolamo., P. 2018. Experimental investigation on non-breaking wave forces and overtopping at the recurved parapets of vertical breakwaters. Coastal Engineering, 141, 52-67.
[20] Ruol, P., L. Martinelli, C. Favaretto (2018) Vulnerability Analysis of the Venetian Littoral and Adopted Mitigation Strategy, Water, 10(8), 984, 22 pp.
[22] Martinelli L., Zanuttigh B., Effects of mooring compliancy on the mooring forces, power production and dynamics of a floating wave activated body energy converter.Energies 2018, 11(12), 3535
[23] Favaretto C., Martinelli L., Ruol P. Coastal flooding hazard due to overflow using a Level II method. Application to the Venetian littoral. Water. Water 2019, 11(1), 134.
[23] Favaretto C., Martinelli L., Ruol P. (2019) A Model of Coastal Flooding Using Linearized Bottom Friction and its Application to a Case Study in Caorle, Venice Italy. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 2019, 29(2), 182-190.
[24] Martinelli L., Volpato M., Favaretto C., Ruol P. (2019) Hydraulic Experiments on a Small Scale Wave Energy Converter with an Unconventional Dummy Pto, Energies, 2019, 12(7), 1218
[25] Ruol, P., L. Martinelli, C. Favaretto, D. Scroccaro, (2020). Innovative Sand Groin Beach Nourishment with Environmental, Protective and Recreational Purposes, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 2020, Settembre, 30(3) 364-374.
[26] Ruol, P., C. Favaretto, M., Volpato, L. Martinelli, (2020). Flooding of Piazza San Marco (Venice): Physical Model Tests to Evaluate the Overtopping Discharge. Water 2020, 12, 427.
[27] Delmonte N., Robles E., Cova P., Giuliani F., Faÿ F. X., Lopez J., Ruol P., Martinelli L. (2020): An Iterative Refining Approach to Design the Control of Wave Energy Converters with Numerical Modeling and Scaled HIL Testing, Energies 2020, 13(10), 2508.
[28] Ruol P., Martinelli L., Favaretto C., Scroccaro, D. (2020). Innovative sand groin beach nourishment with environmental, protective, and recreational purposes, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 2020, 30 (3), pp. 364-374.
[29] Buccino M. & Martinelli L. (2020). Interaction between waves and maritime structures. Water (Switzerland), 2020, 12 (12), art. no. 3472, pp. 1-6.

Thesis proposals

Thesis for ENSTP:

1) Statistics of the wave energy in Cameroon based on the WW3 operational model.
NOAA runs a series of operational models, including Wave Watch III. Wave spectra are generated every 3 h, around the coast of Cameroon. The student will introduce the operational models and the data that can be obtained. Data are stored as NetCDF files, a platform-independent format. In order to extract the data, the student will have to use Matlab, and learn how to use the NetCDF toolbox. Data will have to be analyzed and statistically characterized. Then, maps and tables will be generated. The thesis will generate a unique and updated set of wave data information, not available in Cameroon.
The student will develop or consolidate knowledge of statistics and Matlab programming that will be very useful for his career.

2) Design of a new low-cost wave energy converter for small communities
After a review of existing devices, a new wave energy converter will be discussed and designed in collaboration with the student. Local constraints, available materials, and technologies will be considered. A small version of the device should be built to prove the hydraulic concept. The student will be encouraged to build his own low-cost device to power a small battery, using mainly salvaged material. He shall give evidence of the successful results during the presentation through a video. Based on hydraulic considerations, the possibility of a full-scale system will be evaluated. A cost/benefit analysis will conclude the thesis.