This work aims to determine the exploitable wave energy resource at five potential sites close to harbour pro tection facilities at the Portuguese coast, namely at the Azores archipelago, at Madeira Island and at Sines, ...

The paper presents a method for aligning the relevant financial and technical procedures for determining drainage assets’ current and replacement values. This alignment is especially pertinent when actual construction costs ...

The present paper aims at proposing and demonstrating the application of a decision-making approach that allows the identification, assessment, comparison and prioritisation of different intervention solutions. Infrastructural, ...

Performance assessment is essential for effectively managing drinking water systems. It allows to understand the system's behaviour, identify critical components and subsystems, and help with the decision analysis of ...

The efficient planning of operation and maintenance (O&M) interventions and short-term investments requires adequate and tailored inspection protocols of existing infrastructures. The current study proposes a new standardized ...

Coastal cities face growing challenges from flooding, sea water quality and energy sustainability, which increasingly require an intelligent, real-time management. Urban drainage infrastructures often require pumping ...

O LNEC tem desenvolvido, desde 1980, diversos estudos em modelo reduzido envolvendo a utilização de soleiras em labirinto em descarregadores de cheias. Estes estudos têm permitido verificar limitações nos métodos de cálculo ...

Associado ao crescimento populacional, as alterações climáticas e a progressiva urbanização da sociedade têm aumentado a pressão sobre os recursos hídricos. A par de mudanças comportamentais no uso da água e da utilização ...

This paper regards the case study of the two spillway tunnels of the 166.5 m high Fierza hydropower dam, in the Drini River, Albania, operated by KESH sh.a. since 1978. The analysis focused on both spillway tunnels and ...