Modeling of maritime agitation for the design of maritime infraestructures: the case study of Madeira Archipelago

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Roberto Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Camacho, Rafael Freitas, Lousada, Sérgio, Castanho, Rui Alexandre
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3754
• topic: Design; Maritime agitation; Planning; Ports; Spatial planning; Madeira (Portugal); Agitação marítima; Planeamento; Portos; Planeamento espacial; Faculdade de Ciências Exatas da Engenharia

The modeling of maritime agitation is a valuable tool regarding the dimensioning of maritime works - spatial planning processes - according to with the Maritime Space (POEM). Based on a probabilistic analysis of significant heights, resulting in the design wave for this dimensioning, it allows to avoid situations of structures galvanization and, consequently, flooding of urbanized areas. The maritime weather along the Autonomous Region of Madeira Island (RAM) it presents the ideal features to develop this typology of study. In this regard, it is pivotal to perform an analysis of the oceanographic and geotechnical features of Madeira Archipelago regarding the ports of Funchal, Caniçal, Porto Moniz and Porto Santo. Through informatics available data by the governmental entities, it has been possible to develop a mapping of the maritime agitation occurring on the case study sites. With the research, and considering the lack of recent bathymetric studies, and wave buoy with incomplete characterization, it has been defined the relevance of a probabilistic analysis based on a return period of a 100 years, enabling to well-design and planning that typology of infrastructures; once at a regional reality it fosters to promote a considerable increase in the life´s standards of the urban agglomerations.