Port infrastructure monitoring (Madeira Island, Portugal) through GNSS, inertial systems and physical and numeric models.

Abstract

Port infrastructures as breakwaters, are specially designed to be exposed to the most adverse and extreme conditions. Actions such as wind, waves, tides, sediment dynamics and ships anchoring are factors that can weaken these infrastructures over time. The present work focuses on the control of the stability of Funchal Port breakwater (Madeira Island-Portugal).