Programme
DAY 1 - 18th JUNE
1 | INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILISTIC MODELLING & STATISTICAL MODELLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
9h00-13h00(Coffee break 11h)
- Fundamentals of probabilistic modeling and design.
- Advantages and disadvantages of probabilistic modeling.
- Overview of examples of application of probabilistic modeling in coastal structures.
2 | VERIFICATION OF COASTAL STRUCTURES
14h30-17h (Coffee break 17h)
- Verification equations formats.
- Verification methods (Level II and Level III methods)
DAY 2 - 19th JUNE
9h00-13h00 (Coffee break 11h)
Practical session: Example of probabilistic modeling in coastal structures: case study applying verification modes.
3 | STATISTICAL MODELLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
14h30-17h (Coffee break 17h)
- Introduction
- Environmental data (Preliminary concepts and Databases)
- Functions and statistical analysis (Climate variability; Extreme value distributions; Multivariate extreme values; TESLA)
- Return period vs. Failure probability.
DAY 3 - 20th JUNE
9h00-13h00 (Coffee break 11h)
Practical session: Case study applying TESLA.
14h30-17h
Visit to the Works of the Port of Leixões
DAY 4 - 21st JUNE
4 | PROBABILISTIC DESIGN OF COASTAL STRUCTURES
9h00-13h00 (Coffee break 11h)
- Probabilistic design methodology for coastal structures
- Probabilistic methods for risk characterization of coastal structures
- Use of probabilistic methods for the characterization of the effect of climate change on port infrastructures.
- Adaptation of infrastructures to the effects of climate change
ProCoast24_Course program_2024.pdf
Technical visit (20th June - Afternoon)
📍Leixões Harbour.