PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The Architectural and Urban Modelling Laboratory (MAULab) of DICATECh, promotes and coordinates scientific research in the field of Survey and Representation of Architecture, Monuments, Natural and Urbanised Environment, with digital techniques, offering itself as an institutionally operating subject in the field of scientific research and studies in the specific field of digital 3D Modelling of buildings for Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (VR/AR/MR) even within BIM and HBIM processes.

Department

cesare.verdoscia@poliba.it

Contact Person

Cesare Verdoscia

Technical Staff

Riccardo Tavolare

riccardo.tavolare@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

Asset-Apulia Region;

Arca Capitanata - Regional Agency for housing and living;

Municipality of Ruvo di Puglia (BA);

Municipality of Cisternino (BR);

Municipality of Trinitapoli (BAT);

Graitec s.r.l.;

ICMQ s.p.a.

Geomax (3D measuring systems)

Projects

Specialist technical consultancy concerning the preparation of studies and analyses aimed at drafting amendments to the municipal regulations for the occupation of public land. (Municipality of Ruvo di Puglia)

Research projects called POLIBIM POLIMAP. (Heritage Office of the Polytechnic of Bari)

Innovative techniques for the survey and architectural representation applied to the knowledge process of a historical building: Starita Palace in Bari.

Design and delivery of training courses aimed at the understanding of design, analysis and verification methodologies in BIM environment.

Facilities

LaserScanner FARO 3D 120

Geomax Zoom 3D

3D Eye 2.0

DJI Spark drone

Manfrotto 360 VR

VR Oculus Rift

CGraphics Workstation

Softwares

MAXON Cinema 4D

Autodesk Revit

Autodesk Navisworks

Autodesk Infraworks

Autodesk Recap PRO

Autodesk Autocad

Unreal Engine

Agisoft Metashape

CloudCompare

MeshLAB

MATLAB

VisualStudio Code

StakeHolder

Address / How to reach us

Campus Universitario E. Quagliarella, via Orabona, 4 70125 Bari. Building B01, 1st floor.

Hours

Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Link to external content

MAULAB web site

LabZERO

massimo.lascala — Mon, 06 May 2019 07:43:31 +0000

LabZERO massimo.lascala Mon, 05/06/2019 - 09:43

Network Lab full name

ZERO: Energy Efficiency & Renewables Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE3 Condensed Matter Physics

PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences

PE5 Synthetic Chemistry and Materials

PE7 Systems and Communication Engineering

PE7_1 Control engineering

ERC 3rd level Code

PE7_2 Electrical engineering: power components and/or systems

PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling

PE7_12 Electrical energy production, distribution, application

PE8_6 Energy processes engineering

PE8_10 Industrial design

PE8_11 Sustainable design

PE3_2 Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter, Lattice dynamics

PE4_17 Characterisation methods of materials

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

PE8_9 Production technology, process engineering

PE8_12 Lightweight construction, textile technology

PE3_3 Transport properties of condensed matter

PE3_4 Electronic properties of materials, surfaces, interfaces, nanostructures, etc.

PE3_5 Physical properties of semiconductors and insulators

PE5_4 Thin films

PE5_6 New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles

PE7_5 (Micro and nano) electronic, optoelectronic and photonic components

Research Activities

LabZERO is a multidisciplinary laboratory to enable strategic cooperation with enterprises and promote multidisciplinary research for the development of innovative technologies in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in both urban and industrial sectors. Research and experimentation activities in LabZERO make use of simulation tools and technologically advanced equipment, in order to reduce the risks of applied research and support product innovation in the path “from concept to market”. The laboratory provides innovative solutions for fast prototyping, for the certification of materials and the development of complex systems, in the fields of energy efficiency, energy conservation, sustainable manufacturing, smart grids and smart cities.

LabZERO activities are based on the coordinated work of four research units: three units at the Politecnico di Bari (DEI, DMMM, DICAR), and one at the ENEA Research Center in Brindisi. The Lab is part of the Apulian network for the applied research fostered by “Regione Puglia” and aims to the integration with other R&D networks and industrial clusters. A main strength of the LabZERO is the collaboration with entities of different nature. In fact, LabZERO works in close cooperation with about forty stakeholders such as industrial developers, public territorial bodies, public administrations and Municipalities, and relevant research actors.
The main research activities of LabZERO concern:

Fast prototyping of electro-mechanical equipment and devices for smart city and home automation
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) applications
Prototyping and testing of components for smart grids and microgrids
Medium and low voltage distribution automation
Advanced protection systems
Electrical Vehicles infrastructures, smart charging and Vehicle to Grid (V2G)
Design and test of micro wind turbines
Sustainable manufacturing, de-manufacturing by cryogenics and recycling of waste of electric and electronic equipment (WEEE)
High performance building material characterization
Non-destructive tests for the mechanical characterization of materials and structures
Smart materials and devices for the thermoelectric generation from waste heat or solar energy
Solar heating & cooling
Industry 4.0
Smart Manufacturing & Smart Farming

Department

Contact Person

massimo.lascala@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

Washington State University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL

Retegas Bari S.p.A.

AMET S.p.A

Blue H R&D SRL

CIAB

CNA Bari

Comune di Bari

Comune di Bitetto

Comune di Capurso

Comune di Cellamare

Comune di Margherita di Savoia

Comune di Polignano a Mare

CONFAPI Bari e BAT

Costellazione Apulia

Confindustria Puglia

Dyrecta Lab S.r.l.

EV Charging

I-Com

Mediterranean Design Network S.r.l.

Nomisma Energia

Città Metropolitana di Bari

Provincia di Taranto

ReEnergy Projects 1 S.r.l

RSE

STC S.r.l

Tera S.r.l.

UPI Puglia

Fincons S.p.A.

ALI6 S.r.l.

EMI S.r.l.

Garofoli S.p.A.

GEM ICT – Research & development S.r.l.

Ginex Gaetano

SIC Divisione Elettronica S.r.l.

Comune di Palo del Colle (BA)

Confindustria Brindisi

Niteko S.r.l.

Applica Iot S.r.l.

Dgs S.p.A.

Elfim S.r.l.

Italian Cutting System S.r.l. (ICS)

So.Co.In. / System S.r.l.

Centro di Ricerche Europeo di Tecnologie Design e Materiali (CETMA)

Kad3 S.r.l.

InResLab S.c.a.r.l.

CNR

Università di Genova

Università di Bari

ARPA Puglia

PUDA Società Cooperativa A.R.L.

G.M.T. S.P.A.

Snam S.P.A.

Università degli Studi di Palermo

NIR S.r.l.

TERNA

e-distribuzione S.p.A.

Gridspertise S.R.L.

T & M LOGISTICA INTEGRATA S.R.L.

INGEL - S.R.L.

ILMEA S.R.L.

CHARISMA - SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA SOCIALE - O.N.L.U.S.

NEW EUROART S.R.L.

THESIS LAB S.R.L.

Projects

"sistemi e TECnologie per l'idrogeno (TECH2)" - Project MISE F/350388/01-05/X60 - Accordi per l'innovazione DM 31/12/2021

"DownTown-Mobi Downtown by electric Mobility (Downtown-Mobi)" - Project MISE F/340062/01-05/X59 - Accordi per l'innovazione DM 31/12/2021

PRIN 2022 - "Smart COmmunities for Resilient Energy Transition (SCORET)" - Prot. 2022YYMWTJ

Technical scientific agreement with ENEA on design, implementation and testing of models for the reconfiguration of distribution networks

PNRR POR H2 Collaboration Agreement for study and definition of control strategies for interface converters used in electrolyzers and fuel cells

PNRR POR H2 Collaboration Agreement for study and development of use cases and control strategies for networks with high hydrogen vector penetration

FESR-FSE 2014-2020 Azione 1.4 “E-Park - Microgrid Parking: Parcheggio intelligente per la Smart City” – Avviso pubblico “Innolabs”, cod. NGFKLZ2.

Technical scientific agreement with SNAM S.p.A. for the development of a model aimed to remove intra-zonal congestions of the transmission network

Technical scientific agreement with Università degli Studi di Palermo about feasibility studies aimed at designing of microgrids concerning BLORIN project.

Technical scientific agreement with e-distribuzione S.p.A. for the development of integrated storage and microgrid controllers in minor Italian islands for ISMI project.

Technical scientific agreement with Next Intelligence Research (N.I.R) S.r.l. for designing and testing of components for distribution systems and of intelligent management devices.

H2020 -LCE-04-2017 – Project CTN02_00018_9856993 “Living grid”.

H2020-LCE-2017-SGS – Project 773406 “Optimal System-Mix Of flexibility Solutions for European electricity – OSMOSE”.

FESR-FSE 2014-2020 Action 1.6 – “Integrated system for lighting and urban mobility services - EMERA", INNONETWORK 2017 – Puglia Region, cod. QCXK671.

Technical scientific agreement with Università degli Studi di Bari and ARPA Puglia for research and consulting activities in efficiency and energy saving for a technological park (“Technopolis”).

ENERGY ROUTER – “Energy Router e Strumenti di Controllo Cloud per Smart Grid”, financed by Puglia Region within the call “Aiuti a Sostegno dei Cluster Tecnologici Regionali”, cod. HX8HXI1.

“Smart industrial energy district nel polo industriale di Brindisi”.

Funding

MISE - Accordi per l'innovazione DM 31/12/2021 - 752k€ (1325k€)

MISE - Accordi per l'innovazione DM 31/12/2021 - 811k€ (1413k€)

European Union - Next Generation EU, Mission 4 'Education and Research' - Component C2 Investment 1.1, 'Fund for the National Research Programme and Projects of Significant National Interest (PRIN)' - (399k€)

MASE-ENEA Program Agreement on the National Electric System Research, Three-Year Implementation Plan 2022–2024 (135k€)

072-TERIN-STSN, Activity Line 4.1.1 of the PNRR, Mission 2, Component 2, Investment 3.5, NEXT GENERATION EU (Implementing Entity: ENEA – TERIN Department) (33k€)

073-TERIN-STSN, Activity Line 4.2.1 of the PNRR, Mission 2, Component 2, Investment 3.5, NEXT GENERATION EU (Implementing Entity: ENEA – TERIN Department) (45k€)

FESR-FSE 2014-2020 Azione 1.4, “E-Park” project - 211 k€.

SNAM S.p.A., technical agreement - 90.8 k€.

Università degli Studi di Palermo”, technical agreement for “BLORIN” project - 50 k€.

e-distribuzione S.p.A., technical agreement for “ISMI” project - 150 k€

N.I.R. S.r.l., technical agreement - 845 k€.

H2020 -LCE-04-2017, “Living grid” project - 19.5 k€.

H2020 -LCE-2017-SGS, “OSMOSE” project – 35 k€.

FESR-FSE 2014-2020 Action 1.6, “EMERA" project - 190 k€.

Università degli Studi di Bari and ARPA Puglia, technical agreement for “Technopolis" - 15 k€.

Puglia Region, “ENERGY ROUTER” project – 650 k€.

Confindustria Brindisi, “Smart industrial energy district nel polo industriale di Brindisi” – 45 k€.

Facilities

A microgrid test facility:

• Real time digital simulator (RTDS RT-5600)

• RTDS Interface to IEC 61850 equipment

• 4-quadrants programmable power source with multiple AC and DC power output configurations (15 kW)

• Photovoltaic power plant (5 kW)

• 4-quadrants controllable Battery Energy Storage Systems (5/5 kW/kWh)

• An experimental biomass externally fired combined cycle plant

• An innovative open-air wind tunnel

• EV charging station (11 kW)

Microgrid Parking:

• Photovoltaic power plant (11 kW)

• 2 Battery Energy Storage Systems (15/15 kW/kWh)

• 2 EV charging stations (22 kW)

Cryogenic testing device

Gas pycnometer and gas sorption analyzer

Laser-ultrasonic test bench

Arduino development kit

AC and DC bench power supply

PLC modules

Microcontroller development boards

Current clamps

Controllable load (resistive, inductive, capacitive)

Digital scopes and spectrum analyzer

Smart camera

Earth fault detector

Luminance and illuminance meters

HV insulation test

Softwares

PowerFactory – DIgSILENT

COMSOL

LabVIEW

Matlab/Simulink

Services

• Fast prototyping of electrical equipment & systems

• Design and testing of control boards through hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)

• Design and testing of power components through power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL)

• Testing and setting of electrical protection systems

• Power quality measurement and immunity tests

• Measurements of low-frequency electromagnetic fields

• Dielectric strength tests on cables

• Main measurements from electrotechnical laboratory

• Main lighting measures

• Measurements for grounding system

• Short circuit analysis

• Power system simulation of complex transmission and industrial grids

• Operator Training Simulator for the training of operators in industrial as well as transmission power systems

• Design and verification in substation automation

• Communication and network integration tests with IEC 61850 devices

• Communication tests of the I/O list in SCADA applications under IEC 61850 protocol

• Testing of micro wind power turbines

• Mechanical characterization of materials through laser and nanosonic interferometry

• Thermal cycles testing of materials using a climatic chamber

• Cryogenic and demanufacturing techniques for recycling exhausted PV panels

• Thermal diffusivity, specific heat, thermal conductivity measurements

• Measurement and characterization of thermo-electrical parameters of thin film materials

• Modeling and simulation of materials, components and devices

StakeHolder

Boards

Fellow

Graduate

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Via Amendola 132, Bari, Officine Politecniche, Plesso “ex Scianatico” – LabZero

Hours

Mon - Fri 8:00 - 18:00

Area (mq)

800

Link to laboratory

AG Lab

eufemia.tarantino — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:35:04 +0000

AG Lab eufemia.tarantino Tue, 02/12/2019 - 09:35

Lab full name

"Applied Geomatics" laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE10 Earth System Science

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

PE10_14 Earth observations from space/remote sensing

Research Activities

Services and research activities (institutional and funded) provided within the lab focus on the
following Geomatics themes:
• extraction of 2D/3D geometric primitives from satellite/aerial/UAV VHR data to update
Technical/Thematic Cartography.
• multi-temporal (change detection) classification of satellite data acquired by means of optic
sensors with medium and high spatial, radiometric and spectral resolution to produce
thematic maps (land use/land cover, vegetation, thermal anomalies, archaeological traces,
etc.);
• development and customization, through open and proprietary programming languages, of
specific algorithms for processing 2D/3D data aimed at improving qualitative and quantitative
standards (geometry, accuracy and precision) of results;
• pre/post-processing and structuring of complex 3D cartographic objects, obtained by means
of laser technologies for aerial (LIDAR) and Terrestrial LASER Scanning, UAV systems
(structure from motion and photogrammetric restitution) aimed generating altimetric
models for environmental modelling (DTM, DMS, DEM, etc.);
• development and implementation of WebGIS systems (FLOSS and proprietary software) for
interactive analysis, representation and sharing of Big 2D/3D geospatial data according to
OGC standard through ad hoc WMS/WFS-T services;
• Accuracy testing on geospatial data produced by third parties (technical cartography, LU/LC
classification accuracy, specific land cover extraction);
• Stability testing of WebGIS systems and services implemented by third parties

Department

eufemia.tarantino@poliba.it

Contact Person

Eufemia Tarantino

Companies and Institutions

- Corvallis S.p.A.

- Autorità di Bacino della Puglia

- SIPAL S.p.A.

- ARPA Puglia

- University of Almeria (Spagna)

- Cyprus University of Technology (Cipro)

- Technical University of Lodz (Polonia)

- Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology (Lettonia)

- Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - CIHEAM

- Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (IMAA) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

- University of Warmia and Mazury (Polonia)

- Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE)

- ASSET Regione Puglia

- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geography (Romania)

- Regione Puglia, SEZIONE GESTIONE SOSTENIBILE E TUTELA DELLE RISORSE FORESTALI E NATURALI

- AGH University of Krakow (Polonia)

- Mersin Üniversitesi (Turchia)

- Foundation for Research and Technology — Hellas (FORTH) - Grecia

Projects

- GreenhouseSat "Object-based horticultural crop under greenhouse identification using stereo imagery of WorldView-3 satellite and Landsat 8 time-series"

- STIMARE "STrategie Innovative, Monitoraggio ed Analisi del Rischio Erosione"

- CONVENZIONE DI RICERCA SIPAL-DICATECh “Cantiere tecnologico per infrastrutture Civili e Militari” Responsabile Eufemia Tarantino

- AIM: Attrazione e Mobilità Internazionale "Definizione di un sistema integrato di monitoraggio per la definizione della influenza dei SOD sui ROD in centri storici"

- Sentinel-GH (RTI2018-095403-B-I00; MAPEADO DE INVERNADEROS E IDENTIFICACION DE CULTIVOS HORTICOLAS PROTEGIDOS MEDIANTE ANALISIS DE IMAGEN BASADA EN OBJETOS Y SERIES TEMPORALES DE IMAGENES DE SATELITE) - Spagna

- BRAINS TO SOUTH 2018 "EO4SDG - Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals: Big Data analytics for monitoring global land changes phenomena" - Responsabile scientifico Andrea Nascetti

- ACCORDO con ASSET Regione Puglia - STUDIO E GESTIONE DEL MONITORAGGIO GEOMATICO IN TEMPO REALE DELL’AREA IN FRANA DEL VERSANTE OCCIDENTALE PRESSO L’ABITATO DI CHIEUTI (FG) - Responsabili: Eufemia Tarantino e Alberico Sonnessa

- COASTLINE - HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01 - 2024-'27 - Responsabile scientifico: Alessandra Capolupo

- RES4SEAL (REMOTE SENSING FOR SEA LITTER) - ACCORDO con Regione Puglia - 2023-- Responsabile scientifico: Eufemia Tarantino, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/IT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0508&from=IT

- WIN-RIESCO - From vines to WINes: managing RIsks to Enhance Sustainability and COntinuity - PRIN 2022 PNRR: PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE – Responsabile scientifico Unità locale: Alessandra Capolupo

- SPACE IT UP - TASK "LU/LC classification methods for urban sprawl monitoring"- Responsabile scientifico : Eufemia Tarantino

- EO4Des - Earth Observation for Desertification. Bando PRIN 2022 - Principal Investigator : Eufemia Tarantino

Softwares

- "AssesSeg Tool" (to measure the goodness of a segmentation by means a modification of Euclidean Distance 2 index)

StakeHolder

"Mappers@POLIBA" - YouthMappers Chapters

Hours

From Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:30

Link to external content

"GreenhouseSat"

"Sentinel-GH"

"STIMARE"

Copernicus Academy Membership

European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)

RES4SEAL

COASTLINE

Technical Physics Laboratories

francesco.martellotta — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:59:46 +0000

Technical Physics Laboratories francesco.mart… Wed, 01/23/2019 - 22:59

Lab full name

Technical Physics Laboratories

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_11 Sustainable design

Research Activities

The Technical Physics Laboratories are organized into four macro areas of scientific-disciplinary competence:
1. Acoustic area
Certification of the acoustic properties of materials (absorption and soundproofing). Environmental noise measures e
forecast verifications. Acoustic certification of materials on site. Active noise and thermoacoustic control. Holography
acoustics and recognition of acoustic defects in structures. Numerical models of sound propagation. Registration e
sound reproduction with advanced techniques.
2. Area of Energetics
The energy lab is aimed at studying the conversion processes of energy for the reduction of quantity and
the quality of the energy to be used in the processes involved in the thermo-technical systems, in the construction types and
in the use of solar energy. The laboratory is equipped with effective instrumentation for the management of experimental plants of
study and for the analysis of the performance of the building-plant complex.
3. Area of the Quality of the Internal Environment
Characterization of the internal environment from the thermo-hygrometric, visual and acoustic point of view. Analysis of thermal comfort
global and localized in moderate and severe thermal environments. Visual comfort analysis also through software
forward. Characterization and acoustic optimization of places for entertainment and places of worship. Study of the
individual response and consequent optimization of objective parameters.
4. Area of Materials Thermophysics
Thermophysical properties of building materials. Measure in-situ and in the laboratory of the transmittance of the components
building. Hygrometric measurements (moisture content, vapor permeability and moisture buffer value) of materials. Models
number of the building-plant system for the purpose of analyzing energy performance. Performance and Energy Certification
of buildings. Architectural integration of renewable energy systems. Energy and valorisation of renewable sources.

Department

DARCOD

Contact Person

Francesco Martellotta

francesco.martellotta@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Michele D'Alba

michele.dalba@poliba.it

Services

Acoustics, certified measurements of sound absorption, soundproofing properties of materials, environmental noise, indices of acoustic quality of the rooms (including 3D acoustic mapping), sound intensity. Furthermore, it can perform acoustic simulations, using ray-tracing and numerical methods (FEM) and reproduce virtual acoustic fields;

Quality of the Indoor Environment, certified measures of the conditions of thermal-hygrometric well-being, parameters of individual thermal comfort, conditions of visual well-being through measurements of illuminance and luminance, photometric-spectral properties of light sources, of colorimetry.

Materials thermophysics, measures for third parties of the thermophysical properties of materials and components of the building envelope, in the laboratory and in the works.

The supplied equipment allows measurements of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, vapor permeability, water absorption, porosity, specific pores surface, as well as measurements of thermal transmittance.

Address / How to reach us

via Edoardo Orabona 4 - 70125 Bari

Dicar Ingegneria delle Strutture - floor -1

Hours

9.00-14.00

Area (mq)

550

Laboratorio Ufficiale Prove Materiali “M. Salvati”

mariodaniele.piccioni — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:18:33 +0000

Laboratorio Ufficiale Prove Materiali “M. Salvati” mariodaniele.p… Wed, 01/23/2019 - 22:18

Lab full name

Official Laboratory of Materials Testing

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_8 Materials engineering

Research Activities

The Laboratorio Ufficiale Prove Materiali “M. Salvati” was established according to Law n. 553 of 01.07.1961 and, since 1983, it was named after Prof. Michele Salvati who was its founder.

Beside all the activities supporting the didactics and the experimental research of the Department, the institutional activities consist of tests and monitoring for third party. This activity, recognized for public benefit purpose according to art. n. 20 of Law n. 1086 of 05.11.1971, consists in controlling the materials and the fulfillments the legislation prescribes for the suitable constructions execution, and in monitoring and calibrating testing machines for private laboratories (licensed by Ministry of Public Works).

The Laboratory, one of the biggest and best equipped in the South of Italy for testing building materials and structures, has two large rooms equipped with a bridge crane and a concrete slab of 1 m thick, for tests on materials, structural models and 1:1 scaled structures; in particular, the widest room has about 500mq of floor space and an effective height of 15m, while the smallest room has about 350mq of floor space and an effective height of 9m. Both are served by large driveway gates; another driveway gate let the access to the room beneath the slab. The technical staff employed at the Laboratory is highly specialized in experimentation on materials and structures, with destructive and non destructive, in-situ and in laboratory tests.

Department

DARCOD

Contact Person

Mario Daniele Piccioni

mariodaniele.piccioni@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Francesco Paparella

francesco.paparella@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

University of California at Berkeley, USA

Universidad de Alicante, Spagna

University of Arizona, USA

Università di Cassino

Università di Messina

Università di Catania

Projects

Progetto PON_02 “MASSIME – Sistemi di sicurezza meccatronici innovativi (cablati e wireless) per applicazioni ferroviarie, aerospaziali e robotiche” (2013-2015)

Progetto della Regione Puglia Rete di Laboratori “Laboratorio per lo sviluppo delle fonti rinnovabili e dell'efficienza nei distretti energetici: Progetto ZERO (Zero EmissionResearch Option)” (2014-2017)

Progetto ReLuis2, Area Tematica 2, Linea 3: “Innovazione Tecnologica in Ingegneria Sismica”, Task 2: “Sviluppo ed analisi di nuove tecnologie per l’adeguamento sismico” (2010-2013)

7° Programma Quadro. Capacities Specific Programme Research Infrastructure. Progetto SERIES. Proposal P03-0034: “Assessment of the seismic behaviour of flat-bottom silos containing grain-like materials”. Prove da svolgersi presso il laboratorio EQUALS di

7° Programma Quadro RST (call FP7/PEOPLE/2001/NIGHTS). Project UNIFEDERLAB. Unità “Vibration” (2011)

7° Programma Quadro. Capacities Specific Programme Research Infrastructure. Progetto SERIES. Proposal P03-0034: “Seismic behaviour of structural systems composed of cast-in-situ concrete walls” (2010-2012)

European Territorial Cooperation Programme Greece-Italy 2007-2013. INTERREG III/A. Project title: “Structural Monitoring of ARTistic and historical BUILding Testimonies”, ResponsabilescientificoProf.ssa D. Foti (2012-2015)

PRIN 2010-2011 “Dinamica, Stabilità e Controllo di Strutture Flessibili” (2013-2016)

Progetto PON_01 “STEM-STELO: Sistemi e TEcnologie per la realizzazione di Macchine per lo Sviluppo dei Trasporti Eccezionali e della LOgistica di progetto” (2012-2015)

PRIN 2008 “Strutture leggere in materiale multiscala nell'ingegneria civile: rigidità e resistenza, assemblaggio e replicabilità industriale” (2010-2012)

Progetto Strategico della Regione Puglia “Ricerca e sviluppo di metodologie per la meccanica sperimentale e la diagnostica strutturale” (2006-2011)

Progetto Strategico della Regione Puglia “SISMA - Strutture Innovative e Sperimentazione di Materiali Avanzati” (2006-2011)

Facilities

Universal testing machines with a load capacity of 50, 300, 600 and 1000 kN for tests on stone materials, cementitious conglomerate, hydraulic binders, steel beams for concrete, prestressed concrete and metal carpentry, on pavement materials

Press with a load capacity of 3000 and 5000 kN for tests on stone materials, cementitious conglomerates, on structural elements in full scale

Electromechanical universal testing machines under displacement control and for thermomechanical tests and fatigue testing machines with a capacity of 50 kN, equipped with video extensometer

Tribometer, Charpy's pendulum, bendstraightening and relaxation on steel

Machines for granulometric analyses of aggregates

Hydraulic jack and equipment for coring in situ

Testing equipment for concrete and mortars (muffol furnace, aging tanks and cabinets, setting and hardening tests etc.)

Contrast modular structures

Hydraulic power unit for the movement of dynamic actuators and vibrating tables

Equipment for insitu tests on structures (test, check and monitoring): deformometers, comparators, clinometries, deflectometers, etc.

Calibration check for testing machines, pressure gauge and displacement comparators and transducers with equipment conforming to SIT standard

Contact ultrasonic tests, ultrasonic immersion tests and laser ultrasonic tests with device for scanning samples

Sonic and ultrasonic tests for masonry and concrete

Flat jack

Lockin active termografy

Georadar 3D

Radar interferometer for contactless distance structural monitoring

Dynamic identification tests with seismic accelerometers

Control units for structural monitoring

Vibrodyne for structures

Softwares

Matlab, Mathematica, Comsol, Abaqus, SolidWorks, Straus7, ARTeMIS softwares.

Services

RESEARCH: support for experimental research by teachers; activities in the context of research projects;

DIDACTICS: tests, exercises and lectures in the laboratory; thesis of predominantly experimental character

FOR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT: tests and certification in the field of qualification and control of construction materials.

Address / How to reach us

Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture via E. Orabona, 4 70125 Bari - PLA complex ground floor

Hours

OPEN (Mon/Wedn/Frid:8.00-14.00; Tues/Thursd: 8.00-18.00); WORK (full time)

Area (mq)

2400

Link to external content

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyScscdKBZ8

LIC

michele.mossa — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:57:49 +0000

LIC michele.mossa Fri, 01/11/2019 - 00:57

Lab full name

Coastal Engineering Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The Coastal Engineering Laboratory (LIC) of the DICATECh of the Technical University of Bari – Italy

Chief Scientist of the LIC: prof. Michele Mossa
LIC – Coastal Engineering Laboratory
Area Universitaria di Valenzano
Strada Provinciale Valenzano - Casamassima, Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, BA – Italy
www.michelemossa.it
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6477-8714

The Costal Engineering Laboratory (LIC) of the Department of Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry of the Technical University of Bari was designed for advanced research and technical support to the Public Administration in coastal territorial management. The LIC was financed by the EU (European Union) and the Apulia Region (so-called Programma Operativo Plurifondo Puglia – D.R. 29/10/90 n. 6155, Structural Funds CEE-REG. CEE n. 20522/68 e 4253/88, Sottoprogramma 6, Misura 6.3). The construction of the laboratory was completed and started operating in February 2001.
The mission of the laboratory is to provide facilities for researchers, PhD and MSc-students, as well as to perform practical work and demonstrations in support of teaching at the University. It also has the potential for physical-experimental research in the fields of Maritime and Environmental Hydraulics.
The core activities of the LIC are managing, procuring and maintaining the facilities and equipment in the laboratory. These activities also include setting up, performing and processing of measurements in experiments, as well as developing the required numerical codes. Furthermore, the laboratory provides support to the design and construction of experimental facilities, specific installations, apparatus and equipment.
The laboratory has a total surface area of 30,000 m2, a laboratory area of 12,000 m2 and an office area of 500 m2 of 5000 m2.

The laboratory has several wave basins and channels. The major experimental facilities at LIC are:

1. Two tanks used for three-dimensional physical models for maritime and costal engineering research. The model area consists of two large basins; one used for costal modelling and the other for offshore modelling. The costal model basin is 100 m long, 50 m wide and 1.2 m deep, while the offshore model basin is 50 m long, 30 m wide and 3 m deep. The costal model facility is equipped with a series of three-dimensional wave makers, having 6 modules, 8 paddles 60 cm wide, with maximum wave front length equal to 28.8 m and maximum height 30 cm.
As an example, the basin for off-shore physical models was used in a National Interest Research Program to analyses tsunami waves generated by landslides in water, the mechanics of wave generation and propagation, the development of forecasting tools and the real-time warning systems based on tidal measurements (for further details, please visit the following page of the IAHR Media Library: http://www.iahrmedialibrary.net/stromboli-island-tsunami-1/).

2. Two wave channels, which are 2.4 m wide, 50 m long and 1.2 m deep. They are equipped with a two-dimensional wavemaker with one module, 4 paddles, each 60-cm wide, providing a maximum wave height of 30 cm.

3. Very large flume for sea currents

The very large flume consists of a rectangular steel channel, with base and lateral walls of 15 mm thick transparent glass material, connected and sealed internally with watertight silicone rubber, able to prevent thermal dilatation. The base has a surface of 15 m by 4 m and the depth of the channel is 0.4 m. To create a current inside the channel, a closed hydraulic circuit was constructed. The very large flume is used to study different environmental problems such as wastewater ocean outfalls. While there are several studies in the literature on nonbuoyant and buoyant jets and their interaction with currents, few deal with jet-wave interaction. Most studies emphasize the importance of a wave flow field in diffusion processes and the need for experimental tests to better understand jet-wave interaction dynamics and possibly confirm the validity of proposed mathematical models.
A problem investigated in the very large flume is the effect of corrugated and vegetated channel beds on buoyant or non-buoyant turbulent jets, vertically discharged into a crossflow. The main aim of this research is to study the background turbulence, generated by corrugated or vegetated channel bed surfaces, which affect the jet behavior (i.e., jet penetration, spreading, mixing performance, turbulent structures).

4. Positive and negative buoyant jet systems
A physical model for the study of buoyant jets was constructed a the LIC. The channel flow permits to simulate sea currents interacting with buoyant jets issued in the same channel through diffusers with different number of nozzles. This channel includes a buoyant jet thermal-hydraulic system. The discharged heated water generating the turbulent buoyant jet is pumped into the channel through a steel tube mounted at the bottom of the channel in the central longitudinal section.

The LIC has many advanced equipment and instrumentation for morphological and hydraulics analysis, such as: bottom propellers, Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV), Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (VM-ACP), micro whirls flow meters, pressure gauges, bottom profiler, densimeter, ultrasonic wave height meter, high-precision GPS transceivers, spectrometer, LDA (Laser Doppler Anemometer) system, laser scanner, drone

In addition to the specific pieces of equipment and instrumentation discussed above, the laboratory is also equipped with software and data acquisition systems for the study of the wave climate hindcasting and forecasting, wave propagation, storm and swell activity inside harbors, solid transport, beach evolution, circulation currents and pollutant diffusion. For the field sea monitoring the LIC has installed a system in the Canale Navigabile of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Italy) for the monitoring of sea currents and waves. Another system has been installed has installed in the Mar Grande of Taranto (Italy) for the monitoring of sea currents, waves, water quality and weather.

The LIC staff includes many researchers, technicians and students whose work makes the laboratory a reference point in the field of Hydraulics, Maritime and Environmental Hydraulics. The LIC promotes relationships and cooperation with international universities and research institutions.

For further details, please see the following websites:

1)   http://www.michelemossa.it/sottopag.php?id=2&id_pag=15
2)   http://www.poliba.it/lic (in Italian; an English version will be available soon)
3)   www.iahrmedialibrary.net
4)   www.michelemossa.it/stazionemeteo.php
5)   www.michelemossa.it/stazionemeteo2.php

Department

giuseppeluciano.romanazzi@poliba.it

Contact Person

Michele Mossa

michele.mossa@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Giuseppe Luciano Romanazzi

Companies and Institutions

Public and Private Bodies

University

Research bodies

Projects

ACQUACOLTURA PUGLIESE 4.0

PO FEAMP - Misura 2.51

APQ Sviluppo Locale_"Realizzazione di modelli fisici necessari alla verifica di realizzabilità di progetti relativi ai porti turistici previsti nella programmazione regionale"

Softwares

SEAWORK

TELEMAC

PLUME

MIKE 21

MIKE 3

Services

2D and 3D physical models of maritime and environmental hydraulics.

Verification of coastal defense works, both traditional and not, with three-dimensional and two-dimensional physical modeling.

Wave mechanics.

Studies with mathematical models, partly realized by researchers of the Laboratory, of sea and offshore conditions, currents of circulation on small and large scale, diffusion of pollutants in the sea.

Monitoring of the sea, evolution and protection of the coasts and planning of the coastal strip.

Sea currents.

Environmental quality, diffusion of pollutants in water bodies and hydrodynamic modeling of the jets. Spread of pollutants in the marine environment.

Studies on the evolution of the coasts.

Osmosis hydroelectric energy in coastal environment.

StakeHolder

Fellow

Graduate

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

University Area of Valenzano S.P. Valenzano Casamassima, Km.3 70010 Valenzano (Bari)

Hours

Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00

Area (mq)

12000

Link to external content

Michele Mossa WebSite

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH

Monitoring station Mar Grande - Taranto

Monitoring station Navigable channel - Mar Piccolo - Taranto

Geotechnical Lab

federica.cotecchia — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:53:29 +0000

Geotechnical Lab federica.cotecchia Fri, 01/11/2019 - 00:53

Lab full name

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The Laboratory has more than thirty years of activity and since its establishment instruments and experimental techniques, have been subject to continuous evolution and upgrade. Currently the laboratory has two locations, one in Bari and a newer second, at the Taranto branch of the Technical University of Bari. The laboratory has adequately equipped to perform tests at controlled load path, under axisymmetric deformation condition, with continuous monitoring of stress-strain state, even locally (on-sample). Such mechanical testing, may be performed on specimens different sized, consistent with the appropriate representative volume element (REV). The experimentation may be performed at pressures from low to high (10 MPa), so that we can investigate the mechanical behaviour of soils at state from extremely firm up to weakly cemented, or otherwise investigate the evolution of the material behaviour in various stages of its structure development, natural or reconstituted. The "stress-path" devices are also equipped with instrumentation for the measurement of shear stiffness of the soil in the elastic range, associated with very small deformations, statically, by means of local displacement transducers, whereas dynamically, using the technique of bender elements. The equipment enables the investigation of the character of anisotropy of the elasticity of the material, which is intrinsic anisotropy evolutionary. With such equipment it is also possible the investigation of the soil behaviour in compression and in extension. For the investigation of one-dimensional compressibility of the soil, the laboratory is equipped with numerous standard oedometers (maximum pressure up to 18 MPa). The laboratory has equipment for performing conventional direct shear test. There are also two apparatus to perform the ring shear test, useful for the measurement of the residual strength. Beside the conventional equipment for the assessment of the parameters of permeability and consolidation of soils, recently instrumentation has been developed for the investigation of the hydraulic retention properties of the soil, with the change of the degree of saturation, throughout drying-wetting cycles. Is available a special "tank" designed for physical modelling of infiltration processes mono / bi-dimensional, assigned to boundary conditions: it is equipped with appropriate slots along verticals for the insertion in the soil of tensiometers (or other another type of probe), with the aim of monitoring the matrix suction (or another parameter), with the proceed of infiltration. In the laboratory facilities are available that allow the experimental studies of mechanical stabilization techniques of marine dredging sediments by means additives. The laboratory was recently equipped, for the classification and the mechanical characterization of contaminated soil.

Department

federica.cotecchia@poliba.it

Contact Person

Federica Cotecchia

Technical Staff

Osvaldo Bottiglieri

osvaldo.bottiglieri@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

Italian University Ministry with Research Projects of National Interest

National Research Council (CNR).

Regional Agency for Environment Prevention and Protection - Puglia

Regione Puglia

Imperial College London

City University of London.

Newcastle University.

University Strathclyde Glasgow.

Delft University of Technology.

UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Université Grenoble-Alpes.

ETH Zürich

University of Malta.

Services

soil identification

soil mechanics charatcterization

Support for research activities, training, and within the framework of study agreements stipulated by the Department

Third mission

Address / How to reach us

Via E.Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari

Seat of Taranto P.Ind.

Hours

From Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:30.

Link to external content

http://www.dicatech.poliba.it/index.php?id=446

http://www.poliba.it/sites/default/files/webform/modulistica/geotecnica.pdf

H&HC Lab

albertoferruccio.piccinni — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:38:49 +0000

H&HC Lab albertoferrucc… Fri, 01/11/2019 - 00:38

Lab full name

Hydraulic and Hydraulic Constructions Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The Hydraulic and Hydraulic Constructions Laboratory of the Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry of Politecnico di Bari was designed for research (researchers, PhD and MSc-students) and technical support thanks to physical-experimental research in the fields of Hydraulic, Hudraulic Constrctions and Environmental Hydraulics.
The Hydraulics and Hydraulic Laboratory has a total surface area of approximately 2000 m2; composed by a central structure and several support units: mechanical workshop, electrical - electronic laboratory, acquisition, calculation and data processing, and image retrieval and processing.
The laboratory power supply system consists of two interconnected reservoirs, from which, thanks to a pumping system, it is possible to supply the laboratory hydraulic circuit. The water supply system, is subdivided by two network supplied by a water tower characterised by two different water head: 8 and 17 m.
The lower pressure water network is connected with a pumping station able to assure a maximum water head of 90 m and a maximum flow rate of 90 l / s. Finally, the laboratory is equipped with calibration tanks for large volumetric measurements.
Moreover, the laboratory is equipped with a Steppedn Spillways with steps on the spillway chute to assist in the dissipation of the kinetic energy of the descending water long 13.5 m, wide 0.60 m and high 2.00 m. Steps are high 0.20 m, the maximum step length is 0.80 m and the chute angle varies from 14° to 45°.
A Wave Flume for small-scale testing of floating objects long 24.40 m, wide 0.40 m and with a water depth of 0.40 m.
An Experimental Movable Channel long 30 m. wide 0.8 m, with a water depth of 0.40 m and a slope varies 0°-12°.
The Laboratory staff includes researchers, technicians and students whose work makes the laboratory a reference point in the field of Hydraulics and Environmental Hydraulics. The laboratory promotes relationships and cooperation with international universities and research institutions.

Department

Alberto Ferruccio Piccinni

Contact Person

albertoferruccio.piccinni@poliba.it

Technical Staff

Luigi Visitilli

luigi.visitilli@poliba.it

Projects

Investigation study in the Lama Balice regional natural park - Bari

Physical model designed in collaboration with ATB Riva Calzoni S.p.A. for checking the hydraulic and mechanical seal of flat gates for dams subjected to high loads

Facilities

Ultrasonic probes

Pointed hydrometers

Pressure transducers of various capacities

Channel with weirs of measures

Electromagnetic and ultrasonic flow meters

Pressure gauges

Stepped spillway

Fixed channel for the simulation of flows

Teaching plumbing benches

PIV System for determining the speed of water flow (Laser pulse energy of 200 mj at 15 Hz) complete with mechanical support with micrometric displacements for acquisition probes

Softwares

Excel

Matlab

Cad

Mike 3D (DHI)

Lab View

Dantec Dynamic (PIV)

Services

Mathematical models

Numerical models for 2d/3D hydrodynamics

Study of the vents in pressurized pipelines at varius slopes

Physical model for the study of floods

Physical model for studies: Vegetated flow & Solitary waves

StakeHolder

Graduate

Tecnnical Administrative Staff

Visitor

Address / How to reach us

Via Edoardo Orabona 4 Campus Quagliariello - Bari

Hours

The activities of the Laboratory take place from Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 13.30 and during some afternoons of the week to be agreed with the Technical Staff.

Area (mq)

2000

ETL

michele.notarnicola — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:18:18 +0000

ETL michele.notarnicola Thu, 01/10/2019 - 23:18

Lab full name

Environmental Technologies Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

PE8_2 Chemical engineering, technical chemistry

Research Activities

The “Environmental Technologies Laboratory” (ETL) consists of (i) a chemical section, (ii) a technological section and (iii) a pilot technological platform. The technological platform is located at the Taranto wastewater treatment plant over an area of about 500 m2.
A variety of research activities are offered by the laboratory in terms of (i) pollutants measurements, (ii) experimental tests at bench and pilot scale as well as (iii) environmental monitoring.
The measurement of pollutants concerns the determination of (i) elemental composition of aqueous solutions by means of ICP-OES, (ii) organic pollutants (PAH, PCB, Total Hydrocarbons) by means of GC-MS, (iii) hydrocarbons (butane, hexane) by means of GC-FID, (iv) pesticides, phenols and PAHs by means of HPLC with UV-VIS and fluorescence detectors, (v) carbon, hydrogen and sulfur content on solid/liquids samples by means of the CHS analyzer, (vi) the heating value of combustion of solid/liquid substances through the Mahler calorimeter bomb, (vii) the TOC (Total Organic Carbon) of aqueous solutions as well as (viii) the biological stability of a biomass with the Respirometric Dynamic Index (RDI) by means of the 3024 Costech International Respirometer.
The experimental tests cover numerous technologies for environmental protection such as (i) tribo-electrostatic separation, (ii) mechano-chemical, (iii) stabilization/solidification, (iv) soil and sediment washing, (v) thermal treatments such as pyrolysis, gasification and incineration as well as (vi) biological treatments by means of the Esedra automated bioreactor.
The environmental monitoring activities concern (i) the measurement of odor emissions by means of an integrated system combining several technologies (already on the market) such as ODOR PREP, ODOR TEL, SENSIGENT MSEM32 and (ii) a real-time monitoring of fine particles through the Optical Particle Counter (OPC) system.
The laboratory also has an impressive experimental platform.
For more than twenty years the ETL has been involved in research activities with participation in local, national and international projects. The head of the lab is prof. Michele Notarnicola. Furthermore, the experience in environmental impact assessment and decision support system of prof. Sabino De Gisi strengthens the ETL offer in the environmental field.

Department

michele.notarnicola@poliba.it

Contact Person

Michele Notarnicola

BT Lab

rocco.rubino — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:36:37 +0000

BT Lab rocco.rubino Thu, 01/10/2019 - 12:36

Lab full name

Building Technologies Laboratory

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment

ERC 3rd level Code

Research Activities

The Research Laboratory of Building Technologies is a structure of the DICATECh Department engaged in activities and research projects offering qualified technical support to professors and researchers of the Politecnico di Bari. The Laboratory, with certified personnel, offers applied research and transfer services to the territory technology also through agreements with companies and public and private bodies. The Laboratory of Building Technologies carries out activities in the field and in the laboratory aimed at analyzing the performance of building components, the study of building diseases, monitoring of confined spaces and the energy diagnosis of buildings, offering advanced solutions for maintenance, storage and recovery of existing built heritage, with particular attention to the protection and enhancement of Cultural Heritage.

Department