PhD PROGRAM IN STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA STRUTTURALE E GEOTECNICA Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica TITLE: DESIGN OF WIND-EXCITED CIVIL STRUCTURES: PHENOMENOLOGICAL BASIS, PERFORMANCES ASSESSMENT, SOLUTIONS AND CASE STUDIES

1. Coordinatore: Prof. Dr.-ing. Franco Bontempi
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Segreteria: Daniela Menozzi
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https://web.uniroma1.it/dotingstrugeo/
TEACHING ACTIVITY 2016/17
PROGRAMMA ATTIVITA’ DIDATTICA A.A. 2016/17
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PhD PROGRAM IN STRUCTURAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA STRUTTURALE E GEOTECNICA
Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica
TITLE:
DESIGN OF WIND-EXCITED CIVIL STRUCTURES:
PHENOMENOLOGICAL BASIS, PERFORMANCES ASSESSMENT, SOLUTIONS AND CASE STUDIES
ABSTRACT: What does the proper design of wind-excited civil structures need? What is the
research practice in Wind Engineering today? How can we imagine tomorrow solutions for today
open issues? The PhD course aims at providing some partial responses to the questions above, by
lectures, seminars and brainstorming.
Teaching lectures on established research and practice. The design of wind-excited Civil Structures
needs, among others, sound phenomenological background in aerodynamics and aeroelasticity to set
the problem, conceptual design abilities to solve the problem, analysis tools to assess the
performance of candidate solutions. Teaching lectures select well-established fundamentals in Wind
Engineering about the above issues.
Seminars on current research. Additional seminars are focused on recent advances on selected topics
in Wind Engineering. A view of research methods, as well as goals and achievements of selected
research projects in the field.
Brainstorming on research frontiers. As a closing loop step, brainstorming sessions are intended to
seed some doubts and shed some light on open issues in Wind Engineering. Open minded, informal
discussions towards potential step changes with respect to the current state of practice and
knowledge.
TARGET AUDIENCE: PhD students (main), Post-doctoral fellows (secondary), Researchers,
Engineers, from both Italy and abroad.
LAYOUT OF THE COURSE:
• 3 days (8+8+4 hours), 20 hours in total
• First two days: 6 hours of teaching lectures on established research and practice + 1 hours of
seminars on current research + 1 hour of brainstorming on research frontiers
• Third day: 4 hours of lectures on established research and practice
DATES: Thu 14th
, Fri 15th
and Sat 16th
September 2017, following the X International Conference
on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017 (10th
- 13th
September).
ORGANIZERS: Luca Bruno (Politecnico di Torino), Francesco Petrini (Sapienza Università di Roma)

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SPEAKERS
Gianni Bartoli, Associate Professor in Structural Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Florence. Gianni received his degree in civil engineering in 1988, he received
his Ph.D. in structural engineering in 1993. His main research interests are related to wind and seismic
structural engineering, with a particular focus on the analysis of static and dynamic behavior of
monumental buildings. Gianni is director of CRIACIV (Inter-University Research Center on Building
Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering) and member of the Directive Board of the Italian Association for
Wind Engineering (ANIV).
Luca Bruno, Associate Professor in Structural Engineering, Dept. Architecture and Design, Politecnico di
Torino. Luca received his degree in Architecture at Politecnico di Torino, his Diplôme d’Études
Approfondis in Dynamique des Structures et Couplages at Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussées, his PhD
in Fluid Mechanics at CNRS/Université de Marseille et Provence, his PhD in Structural Engineering at
Politecnico di Torino. Among his research interests: aerodynamics of civil structures, computational wind
engineering, windblown sand engineering. He received the best young researcher award of the Italian
Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV) in 2002. He is member of the Directive Board of ANIV.
Cristoforo Demartino, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University.
Cristoforo obtained his degree in civil engineering in 2010 from University of Reggio Calabria and his
PhD in structural engineering in 2014 at University of Naples “Federico II”. He received the best young
researcher award of the Italian National Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV) in 2016. His main
research interests are wind and seismic structural engineering and numerical analysis of structural and non-
structural elements subjected to extreme loads.
Vincent Denoël, Professor in Structural Engineering, Dept. Architecture, Environment, Geology and
Constructions, University of Liège. From 2001-2009 Vincent was a Researcher for the National Research
Fund in Belgium. Since 2009, he is the head of the Structural & Stochastic Dynamics research unit at the
University of Liège. He is also currently appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of
Minnesota. He received the Junior Award of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE)
in July 2015 and is the chairman of the 7th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering (Liège,
2017).
Claudio Mannini, Research associate in Structural Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Florence. He received his PhD degree at the University of Florence–TU
Braunschweig in 2006. His main research interests are related to bridge deck flutter, flutter-based power
generators, vortex-induced vibrations, galloping, bluff body aerodynamics and computational fluid
dynamics. He received the Best Young Researcher Award of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering
(ANIV) in 2008, the Junior Award of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE) in 2011,
and the EASD Junior Research Prize of the European Association of Structural Dynamics (EASD) in
2014.
Francesco Petrini, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Sapienza
University of Rome. Francesco received his degree in civil engineering in 2004 and his PhD in structural
engineering in 2009, both from Sapienza University. His research interests are wind, blast and seismic
structural engineering, with specific focus on Performance-Based Design approaches. He his member of
the Directive Board of the Italian Association for wind engineering (ANIV).
Francesco Ricciardelli, Associate Professor in Structural Engineering, Dept. Civil Engineering, Design,
Building and Environment, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Francesco received his civil
engineering degree in 1991 and his PhD degreein 1996, both from University of Naples “Federico II”. His
research interests are in wind engineering, vibration control and structural dynamics of slender structures.
He his member of the Directive Board of the Italian Association for wind engineering (ANIV).

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PROGRAM
Day 1. Thursday, September 14th
2017. Understanding physics towards design
09:00-
09:15
Introduction of the course. Framework, aims and scope
09:15-
11:15
Teaching lecture. Wind flow around bluff bodies L. Bruno
11:15-
13:15
Teaching lecture. Aerodynamic forces on bluff bodies L. Bruno
13:15-
14:00
Lunch break
14:00-
16:00
Teaching lecture. Aeroelasticity and FSI phenomena C. Mannini
16:00-
17:00
Seminar. Undesirable wind induced vibrations of cables with ice
accretion
C. Demartino
17:00-
18:00
Brainstorming. Energy Harvesting: when flow-induced vibrations are
welcome
Moderators:
G. Bartoli
F. Petrini
Day 2. Friday, September 15th
2017. Analysis for design
9:00-11:00 Teaching lecture. Wind Tunnel testing for design G. Bartoli
11:00-
13:00
Teaching lecture. Computational testing for design L. Bruno
13:00-
14:00
Lunch break
14:00-
15:00
Teaching lecture. Uncertainty Quantification in the design process F. Petrini
15:00-
16:00
Seminar. Random bridge flutter and multiple scales buffeting analysis V. Denoël
16:00-
17:00
Brainstorming. Bridge flutter derivatives: a reliable design tool or a
false myth?
Moderators:
L. Bruno
C. Mannini
Day 3. Saturday, September 16th
2017. Design solutions and case studies
9:00-11:00 Teaching lecture. Long-span bridges, design concepts and case
studies
F. Ricciardelli
11:00-
13:00
Teaching lecture. High-rise buildings, design concepts and case
studies
F. Petrini
13:00-
13:15
Closure of the course

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SELECTED REFERENCES
Teaching lectures
1. Simiu E, Scanlan RH (1996). Winds Effects on Structures: Fundamentals and Applications to
Design. 3rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York
2. Holmes, J.D. (2001). Wind loading of structures. Spon Press, London, UK
Seminars
3. Demartino C, Koss HH, Georgakis CT, Ricciardelli F (2015). Effects of ice accretion on the
aerodynamics of bridge cables. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 138:
98–119
4. Canor, Caracoglia, Denoël (2015) Application of random eigenvalue analysis to assess bridge
flutter probability. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 140: 79-86
Brainstorming
5. Rostami A.B., Armandei M. (2017) Renewable energy harvesting by vortex-induced motions:
Review and benchmarking of technologies, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 70:
193-214
6. Wu T., Kareem A. (2015). A low-dimensional model for nonlinear bluff-body aerodynamics: A
peeling-an-onion analogy, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 146: 128–
138
Attendees will be awarded a certificate that is valid for accreditation (7 CFU)
Ai partecipanti sarà rilasciato un certificato per l’acquisizione di 7 CFU
PARTICIPATION TO THE COURSE
The course is free of registration fees. Applications for participations must be submitted not
later than Friday, September 8th
2017, to the Secretariat of the PhD program:
L’iscrizione al corso è gratuita. E’ necessario inviare la richiesta di partecipazione, entro
Venerdì 8 Settembre 2017, alla Segreteria del Dottorato:
Daniela Menozzi
daniela.menozzi@uniroma1.it - T +39 06 44585988 – 3204272015
Rome, June 25, 2017