Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira da Franca

Assistant Professor, DEC - Departamento de Engenharia Civil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-8581

Emailmfranca@fct.unl.pt

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Education/Academic qualification

Civil Engineering, Doctorate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Award Date: 1 Jan 2006

External positions

Research and Teaching Associate, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

1 Mar 2013 → 30 Sep 2017

Keywords

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
Fluvial hydraulics
Turbulent open-channel flows
Density currents
Sediment transport
Fluvial geomorphology
Hydraulics

512 Citations
13 h-Index
9 Conference contribution
8 Article
6 Chapter
1 Book/Film/Article review

Detection and reconstruction of large-scale coherent flow structures in gravel-bed rivers
Franca, M. J. & Lemmin, U., Jan 2015, In: Earth surface processes and landforms. 40, 1, p. 93-104 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)
Coherent structures in open channel flows with bed load transport over an hydraulically rough bed
Santos, B. O., Franca, M. J. & Ferreira, R. M. L., 2014, Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (RIVER FLOW 2014). Schleiss, AJ., DeCesare, G., Franca, MJ. & Pfister, M. (eds.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, p. 883-890 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)
Dynamics of the head of gravity currents
Nogueira, H. I. S., Adduce, C., Alves, E. & Franca, M. J., Apr 2014, In: Environmental fluid mechanics. 14, 2(SI), p. 519-540 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

85 Citations (Scopus)
Analysis of lock-exchange gravity currents over smooth and rough beds
Franca, M. J. R. P. D., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal Of Hydraulic Research. 51, 4, p. 417–431
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

66 Citations (Scopus)
Image analysis technique applied to lock-exchange gravity currents
Franca, M. J. R. P. D., 1 Jan 2013, In: Measurement Science & Technology. 24, 4, p. nr. 047001
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

38 Citations (Scopus)

Education/Academic qualification

External positions

Keywords

Detection and reconstruction of large-scale coherent flow structures in gravel-bed rivers

Coherent structures in open channel flows with bed load transport over an hydraulically rough bed

Dynamics of the head of gravity currents

Analysis of lock-exchange gravity currents over smooth and rough beds

Image analysis technique applied to lock-exchange gravity currents