Abstract
The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, established at Oregon State University in 1972, is a state-of-the-art coastal engineering research and education centre with two specialized large-scale resources for physical model testing of coastal systems subject to the action of tsunamis created by earthquakes and storm surge and waves created by wind storms. Since 2016, the HWRL is an Experimental Facility of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) to increase the resilience of civil infrastructure and communities to coastal storms and tsunamis. Over these years, the Experimental Facility have performed more than 15 large-scale projects on Coastal Natural Hazards. A summary of the HWRL capabilities and a brief description of recent experiments will be presented, and details of major findings and new experimental procedures will be discussed, addressing particularly aspects related to water resources engineering.
Bio
Pedro Lomonaco, PhD. Pedro Lomonaco received a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the National University of Mexico in 1991, a M.Sc. in coastal engineering from the International Institute of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering – Delft, The Netherlands in 1994, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Cantabria, Spain in 1999. Dr. Lomonaco is the Director of the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University as well as Teaching Faculty of Coastal Infrastructures for the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at OSU. He has over 30 years of experience with the academy and the industry on theoretical and applied research studies of physical modelling of waves, current and wind-structure interactions. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and has prepared more than 60 technical reports of national and international projects and studies. His professional and scientific activity primarily deals with studies of physical and numerical modelling of wave generation and propagation, wave-structure interaction, stability of coastal and submarine structures, behaviour of floating structures, characterization of wave energy converters, offshore wind technology, hydrodynamics, scour protection, and non-linear behaviour of long-waves in shallow waters.
