GABRIEL BARAJAS OJEDA
Biography
Gabriel Barajas Ojeda is a technologist in the Coastal Hydrodynamics and Infrastructures Group at IHCantabria. He has a degree in Physical Science by the Universidad de Cantabria (2005) and MA in Integrated Coastal Zone Management by the Universidad de Cantabria (2012). Working since 2006, Gabriel has focused his work in the coastal engineering field, developing new numerical tools in 2D and 3D, validation and application to research and consultancy projects, both nationally and internationally.
Specialization topics
Numerical modelling of fluid-structure interaction (waves and/or wind).
Numerical modelling of floating structures and mooring.
Numerical modelling of rigid and granular landslides.
Micrositting and wind assesment.
OpenFOAM.
PUBLICATIONS
Khan, M. A., Barajas, G., Gaeta, M. G., Lara, J. L., & Archetti, R. (2024). Hydrodynamic analysis and optimization of a floating wave energy converter with moonpool using OpenFOAM®. Applied Ocean Research, 142, 103847.
Sabeti, R., Heidarzadeh, M., Romano, A., Barajas Ojeda, G., & Lara, J. L. (2024). Three-Dimensional Simulations of Subaerial Landslide-Generated Waves: Comparing OpenFOAM and FLOW-3D HYDRO Models. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-19.
Romano, A., Lara, J. L., Barajas, G., & Losada, Í. J. (2023). Numerical modeling of tsunamis generated by granular landslides in OpenFOAM®: A Coulomb viscoplastic rheology. Coastal Engineering, 186, 104391.
Watanabe, M., Arikawa, T., Kihara, N., Tsurudome, C., Hosaka, K., Kimura, T., … & Tateno, T. (2022). Validation of tsunami numerical simulation models for an idealized coastal industrial site. Coastal Engineering Journal, 64(2), 302-343.
Martin, M. B., Pinon, G., Barajas, G., Lara, J. L., & Reveillon, J. (2023). Computations of pressure loads on an oscillating water column with experimental comparison for random waves. Coastal Engineering, 179, 104228.
Di Paolo, B., Lara, J. L., Barajas, G., & Losada, Í. J. (2021). Wave and structure interaction using multi-domain couplings for Navier-Stokes solvers in OpenFOAM®. Part I: Implementation and validation. Coastal Engineering, 164, 103799.
Di Paolo, B., Lara, J. L., Barajas, G., & Losada, Í. J. (2021). Waves and structure interaction using multi-domain couplings for Navier-Stokes solvers in OpenFOAM®. Part II: Validation and application to complex cases. Coastal Engineering, 164, 103818.
Barajas, G. A. B. R. I. E. L., Lara, J. L., Di Paolo, B., & Losada, I. J. (2022, January). Analysis of a floating wave energy converter interaction with waves using the Overset framework. In The 9th Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (Marine 2021).
Romano, A., Lara, J. L., Barajas, G., & Losada, Í. J. (2021, June). Numerical modelling of tsunamis generated by landslides at the flanks of a conical island. In ISOPE International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (pp. ISOPE-I). ISOPE.
Romano, A., López Lara, J., Barajas Ojeda, G., Di Paolo, B., Bellotti, G., Di Risio, M., … & De Girolamo, P. (2019). Numerical modelling of Landslide-Generated Tsunamis with OpenFOAM®: a new approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2020, 125(7), e2020JC016157.
Fischione, P., Celli, D., Pasquali, D., Barajas, G., Di Paolo, B., & Lara, J. L. (2023). Inside a Beach Drainage System: A Three-Dimensional Modeling. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 33(02), 196-203.
Di Paolo, B., Lara, J. L., Barajas, G., Paci, A., & Losada, I. J. (2018, June). Numerical analysis of wave and current interaction with moored floating bodies using overset method. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 51210, p. V002T08A037). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Carvalho, R. F., Santos, J. A., Barajas Ojeda, G., Beg, M. D., Lopes, P. M., Fortes, J. C., & López Lara, J. (2021). Experimental and numerical simulations of oblique extreme wave conditions in front of a breakwater’s trunk and round head. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 21 (2), pp. 73-85.
R. Blanco-Aguilera, J.L. Lara, G. Barajas, I. Tejero, R. Díez-Montero. Hydrodynamic optimization of multi-environment reactors for biological nutrient removal: A methodology combining computational fluid dynamics and dimensionless indexes. Chemical Engineering Science,Volume 224,2020.
R. Blanco-Aguilera, J.L. Lara, G. Barajas, I. Tejero, R. Diez-Montero. CFD simulation of a novel anaerobic-anoxic reactor for biological nutrient removal: Model construction, validation and hydrodynamic analysis based on OpenFOAM®. Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 215, 2020, 115390, ISSN 0009-2509.
