Publications and communications of Loïc Buldgen

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing

Rigo, P., Bayatfar, A., Buldgen, L., Pire, T., Echeverry Jaramillo, S., & Caprace, J.-D. (July 2017). Optimisation of Ship and Offshore Structures and Effective Waterway Infrastructures to Support the Global Economic Growth of a Country/Region. Ship Science and Technology, 11, 9-27. doi:10.25043/19098642.155

Bela, A., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (2017). Ship collision analysis on Offshore Wind Turbine monopile foundations. Marine Structures, 51, 220-241. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2016.10.009

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., Caprace, J.-D., & Rigo, P. (2017). Investigation of the added mass method for seismic design of lock gates. Engineering Structures. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.10.047

Buldgen, L., Bela, A., & Rigo, P. (September 2015). Simplified analytical methods to analyze lock gates submitted to ship collisions and earthquakes. Mathematical Modelling in Civil Engineering, 11, 12-26.

Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (2015). Doctoral thesis abstract: Simplified analytical methods for the crashworthiness and the seismic design of lock gates. Ship Technology Research.

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (June 2015). A simplified analytical method to estimate the resistance of plane lock gates impacted by river barges. Marine Structures, 43, 61-86. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2015.06.001

Buldgen, L., Rigo, P., & Le Sourne, H. (June 2015). A simplified analytical method to evaluate the seismic pressure on plane lock gates. Engineering Structures, 100. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.06.030

Ehlers, S., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., Ollero, J., Robertson, C., & Rigo, P. (2015). A review of technical solutions and simulations approaches for ship collisions with lock gates. Ship Technology Research, 62, 14-25. doi:10.1179/0937725515Z.0000000002

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Pire, T. (2014). Extension of the Super-Elements to the Analysis of a Jacket Impacted by a Ship. Marine Structures. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2014.05.002

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2013). ASimplified Analytical Method for Estimating the Crushing Resistance of an Inclined Ship Side. Marine Structures. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2013.06.005

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2013). Fast Strength Assessment of Mitre Gates to Ship Impact. International Journal of Crashworthiness. doi:10.1080/13588265.2013.802146

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2012). Extension of the Super-Elements Method to the Analysis of Oblique Collision Between Two Ships. Marine Structures. doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2012.08.002

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2012). Simplified analytical method for estimating the resistance of lock gates to ship impacts. Journal of Applied Mathematics. doi:10.1155/2012/763849

Scientific congresses and symposiums

Published communications

Pire, T., Echeverry Jaramillo, S., Rigo, P., Buldgen, L., & Le Sourne, H. (2017). Validation of a simplfied method for the crashworthiness of offshore wind turbine jackets using finite elements simulations. In C. Guedes Soares & Y. Garbatov (Eds.), Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures (pp. 497-505). Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press/Balkema.

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Berthonneau, P. (2016). Investigation of bulbous bow resistance during oblique collisions against tubes or plane walls. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Ships and Offshore Structures.

Buldgen, L., Ehlers, S., Le Sourne, H., Bela, A., & Rigo, P. (2015). Review of existing solutions and presentation of a simplified method for the crashworthiness of lock gates. In Proceedings of the Smart Rivers 2015 Conference.

Bela, A., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (2015). Numerical crashworthiness analysis of an offshore wind turbine monopile impacted by a ship. In R. A. Shenoi & C. G. Soares (Eds.), Analysis and Design of Marine Structures (pp. 661-669). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/b18179-87

Buldgen, L., Gazerzadeh, A., Bela, A., Rigo, P., & Le Sourne, H. (2014). A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE TO ASSESS THE DYNAMIC PRESSURES ON LOCK GATES. In Proceedings of the ICTWS 2014 7th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Busan 28th September - 02 October 2014.

Ehlers, S., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., Ollero, J., Robertson, C., Bela, A., & Rigo, P. (2014). SHIP COLLISION ON LOCK GATES – TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND SIMULATION APPROACHES. In Proceedings of the ICTWS 2014 7th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Busan 28th September - 02 October 2014.

Buldgen, L., Degée, H., Lesourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2014). SIMPLIFIED SEISMIC ANALYSIS OF LOCK GATES. In PIANC 2014 Conference (http://www.pianc.org/). PIANC.

Buldgen, L., Degée, H., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2014). A Simplified procedure to assess the dynamic pressures on large reservoirs. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Dynamics - EURODYN 2014.

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2013). A Rapid Procedure for Estimating the Ability of Lock Gates to Withstand Ship Collisions. In Proceedings of the PIANC Smart Rivers 2013 Conference.

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2013). A Simplified Procedure to Assess the Strength of a Ship Impacting a Lock Miter Gate. In Proceedings of the ASME 2013 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering.

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2013). A new super-element for estimating the collision resistance of an inclined ship side. In Advancements in Marine Structures : Proceedings of MARSTRUCT 2013, the 4th International Conference on Marine Structures, Espoo, Finland, 25th – 27th March 2013. doi:10.1201/b15120-22

Buldgen, L., Le Sourne, H., & Rigo, P. (2012). A Simplified Assessment of Ship Impact on Navigation Lock Gates. In Proceedings of the fourth International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts.

Thiry, A., Rigo, P., Buldgen, L., Raboni, G., & Bair, F. (2011). Optimization of monopile offshore wind structures. In Marstruct. doi:10.1201/b10771-77

Rigo, P., Sarghiuta, R., Herbillon, V., Thiry, A., & Buldgen, L. (2010). Design of River Navigation weirs and Flood Protection Barriers. In 78th ICOLD Annual Meeting - Hanoi 2010 (Vietnam National Committee on Large Dams). Hanoi, Vietnam: VINACOLD.

Oral communications or posters

Pire, T., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (10 December 2015). Analytical developments to assess the crashworthiness of an offshore wind turbine jacket impacted by a ship [Poster presentation]. PhD Seminar on Wind Energy, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Pire, T., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (13 October 2015). Presentation of a simplified method for the crashworthiness of offshore wind turbine jackets [Paper presentation]. Offshore Wind R&D Conference 2015, Bremerhaven, Germany.

Bela, A., Le Sourne, H., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (2015). Ship collision on monopile offshore wind turbines [Poster presentation]. BERA Workshop.

Books

As author or co-author

PIANC WG 140, Rigo, P., & Buldgen, L. (2015). PIANC Report 140 - Semi-probabilistic design concept for inland hydraulic structures. Bruxelles, Belgium: PIANC.

Book chapters and contributions to collective works

Bela, A., Pire, T., Buldgen, L., & Rigo, P. (2016). Ship collision on offshore wind turbines. In PIANC Yearbook 2015 (pp. 189-194). Brussels, Belgium: PIANC.

Theses and dissertations

Doctoral thesis

Buldgen, L. (2015). Simplified analytical methods for the crashworthiness and the seismic design of lock gates [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/174971

Master dissertations

Buldgen, L. (2010). Analyse des portes d'écluse sous sollicitation sismique [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/128155