The topics covered are:
- River morphodynamics
- Coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics
- Large scale tidal bedforms
- Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of estuaries and tidal environments (channels, shoals and sandbanks)
- Turbidity currents
- Meteo-marine modeling (atmosphere, waves and circulation) in the nearshore and offshore regions
- Analysis of turbulence, large-scale coherent vortex structures and mixing phenomena
- Meteorology and weather prediction models
The researchers involved in this theme are:
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
- N. Ragno, N. Tambroni, M. Bolla Pittaluga, 2020. Effect of small tidal fluctuations on the stability and equilibrium configurations of bifurcations, Journal Geophysical Research - Earth Surface.
- Mazzuoli, M.; Blondeaux, P.; Vittori, G.; Uhlmann, M.; Simeonov, J.; Calantoni, J. Interface-resolved direct numerical simulations of sediment transport in a turbulent oscillatory boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 885, pp.A28-1-A28-31. 2020.
- Vittori, G.; Blondeaux, P.; Coco, G.; Guza, R. T. Subharmonic edge wave excitation by narrow-band, random incident waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 868, pp.R4-1-R4-11. 2019.
- Diaz-Carrasco, P.; Vittori, G.; Blondeaux, P.; Ortega-Sanchez, M. Non-cohesive and cohesive sediment transport due to tidal currents and sea waves: A case study. Continental Shelf Research, vol. 183, pp.87-102. 2019.
- Mazzuoli, M., Uhlmann, M., Kidanemariam, A.G. Direct numerical simulations of ripples in an oscillatory flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 863, pp.572-600. 2019.
- Tambroni, N., Seminara, G., Paola, C. On the incipient formation of bars and channels on alluvial fans. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2019.
- O.E. Sequeiros, M. Bolla Pittaluga, A. Frascati, C. Pirmez, D.G. Masson, P. Weaver, A.R. Crosby, G. Lazzaro, G. Botter, J.G. Rimmer, 2019. How typhoons trigger turbidity currents in submarine canyons, Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 9, 1–15.
- Lanzoni, S., Ferdousi, A., Tambroni, N. River banks and channel axis curvature: Effects on the longitudinal dispersion in alluvial rivers. Advances in Water Resources. 2018.
- Blondeaux, P.; Vittori, G.; Porcile, G. Modeling the turbulent boundary layer at the bottom of sea wave. Coastal Engineering, vol. 141, pp.12-23. 2018.
- M. Bolla Pittaluga, A. Frascati, O. Falivene, 2018. A Gradually Varied Approach to Model Turbidity Currents in Submarine Channels, Journal Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 123, 80–96. 2018.
- Enrile F., Besio G., Magaldi M.G., Mantovani C., Cosoli S., Stocchino A., Gerin R., Poulain P.M., Evaluation of surface Lagrangion transport barriers in the Gulf of Trieste, Continetal Shell Res., 167, pp. 125-138. 2018.
- Enrile F, Stocchino A., Besio G. Shear and Shearless Lagrangian Structures in compound channels, Advances in Water Resources, 113C, 141-154. 2018.
- Mazzuoli, M., Blondeaux, P., Simeonov, J., Calantoni, J. Direct Numerical Simulation of Oscillatory Flow Over a Wavy, Rough, and Permeable Bottom. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123 (3), pp. 1595-1611. 2018.
- Lanzoni S., Ferdousi A., Tambroni N. River banks and channel axis curvature: Effects on the longitudinal dispersion in alluvial rivers, Advances in Water Resources, Volume 113. 2018.
- Mazzuoli, M., Uhlmann, M. Direct numerical simulation of open-channel flow over a fully-rough wall at moderate relative submergence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, pp.722-765. 2017.
- Mazzuoli, M., Blondeaux, P., Simeonov, J., Calantoni, J. Direct numerical simulation of the oscillatory flow around a sphere resting on a rough. bottom Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 822, pp. 235-266. 2017.
- Bolla Pittaluga M. G. Coco and M. G. Kleinhans, A unified framework for stability of channel bifurcations in gravel and sand fluvial systems, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 7521–7536, 2015.