Dr. Ing. Raúl Antonio Lopardo

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Profesor Consulto

My Profile

About

Raúl Antonio Lopardo graduated in Hydraulic and Civil Engineering at La Plata National University in Argentina and received hisDoctorate in 1968 from Toulouse University. Since 1969 he has worked at the National WaterInstitute (INA) in Argentina, where he has taken different positions: Head of the Research Team, Director of the Hydraulics Laboratory, Scientific Manager and Director.He has participated in hydraulic modelingstudies of many large dams, and deliveredpost-graduate courses in Argentina, Colombia,Paraguay, Brazil, India and Spain. He servedas Chair of the IAHR LAD and as member ofthe IAHR Council; he is a member of the National Academies of Engineering and,Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina.He has published more than 200 articles on macro turbulent flows, cavitation, local scourand hydraulic modeling

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Latin America	Honorary Member	2015-01-01	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Model-Prototype Correlation of Pressure Fluctuations on Baffle Blocks	2019
Boundary Layer Separation Beneath Submerged Jump Flows	2007
Flood Disaster and Flood Mitigation in the Parana River Basin	2004
Some Argentine Experimental Contributions on Hydraulic Structures of Large Dams in Flatlands Valleys	2001
Physical Modelling and Design Estimation of Instantaneous Pressures in Stilling Basins	1999

My Videos

Title	Year
Raúl Antonio Lopardo - Happy 85th Anniversary, IAHR	2020

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date