Day 1 - Sept. 14th 2026
Room 138 - School of Engineering, via di S. Marta 3, UNIFI
09:00 - 9:30 Registration of participants
9:30 - 11:00 Lecture I: Introduction to experimental modelling (L. Cappietti)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Lecture II: Introduction and fundamentals of wave energy and conversion (I. Simonetti)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Lecture III: Introduction to the laboratory practice and to the models to be tested at LABIMA (A. Esposito)
Day 2 - Sept. 15th 2026
LABIMA - School of Engineering, via di S. Marta 3, UNIFI
09:30 - 13:00 Laboratory practice at LABIMA (A. Esposito, L. Lotti)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:00 Laboratory practice at LABIMA (A. Esposito, L. Lotti)
Day 3 - Sept. 16th 2026
Room 138 - School of Engineering, via di S. Marta 3, UNIFI
09:30 - 13:00 Trainees teamwork project based on laboratory data collected on Day 2 (L. Cappietti, I. Simonetti, A. Esposito)
Day 4 - Sept. 17th 2026
Room 111 - School of Engineering, via di S. Marta 3, UNIFI
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome to the numerical modelling session (L. Cappietti)
09:15 - 10:00 Lecture V: Introduction to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics model (A. Crespo)
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture VI: Introduction to the DualSPHysics software (A. Crespo)
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture VII: Engineering applications using DualSPHysics (C. Altomare)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture VIII: Introduction to the practical sessions (C. Altomare)
12:00 - 13:00 Practice with the numerical model I: Cases to learn
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:00 Practice with the numerical model I: Cases to learn
20: 00 SOCIAL DINNER
Day 5 -Sept. 18th 2026
Room 138 - School of Engineering, via di S. Marta 3, UNIFI
09:30 - 11:00 Practice with the numerical model II: Simulation of the fixed structure tested in the laboratory
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Practice with the numerical model III: Simulation of the floating moored device tested in the laboratory
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00- 16:00 Discussion of teamwork projects by trainees
16:00 - 16:30 CLOSURE