RESEARCH AREA: WATER
ENGINEERING
Faculty: Baldassare Bacchi: Full Professor
of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures Roberto Ranzi,
PhD: Full Professor of Urban Drainage Systems and River and Torrent Training Alessandro Muraca: Associate Professor of Water Supply and Urban
Drainage Marco Pilotti, PhD: Associate Professor of Hydraulics and Fluid
Mechanics Massimo Tomirotti, PhD: Associate Professor of Hydrology Giovanna Grossi, PhD: Assistant Professor of Hydraulic Structures Stefano Barontini, PhD: Assistant Professor of
Environmental Hydraulics Matteo Balistrocchi, PhD: Assistant Researcher of
Hydraulic Structures Daniela Sanzeni: Assistant Researcher of Hydraulic
Structures Giulia Valerio: PhD Student of Hydraulic Engineering Van Chin Le: PhD Student of Hydraulic Engineering Hoang Son Nguyen: PhD Student of Hydraulic
Engineering a) Major Research Topics 1.
Hydraulics - Numerical methods for the integration of Shallow
Water Equations on irregular topographies; - Mathematical
modelling of Dam Break flows; simplified methods fo the estimation of
the outflow hydrograph following dam
break scenarios; - Lymnology:
experimental study and 3D numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics of the
Lake Iseo (northern Italy); - Numerical simulation of flows within porous media;
- Sediment transport. 2.
Hydrology - Flood forecasting via meteorological and
hydrological models; - Climate change effects on
water resources and hydropower generation; - Monitoring and modelling of
Alpine glaciers; - Experimental and theoretical
study of the hydraulic properties of soils;
- Statistical methods for the estimation of flood
flows and heavy rainfall depths; - Estimation of floods in ungauged catchments. 3.
Hydraulic Structures - Urban drainage systems:
probabilistic methods for the design of storage and stormwater capture tanks; - Experimental evaluation of the
performances of permeable pavements; - Effects of Minimum Instream
Flow standards on design and management of hydraulic structures; - Integrated water resources
management; - Restoration of river beds and
river banks; - Flood control reservoirs. b) Major Research
Projects Hydrograph
estimation for designing reservoirs, Research Contract by
ENEL, 1999; RAPHAEL,
Runoff and Atmospheric Processes for flood HAzard forEcasting and controL,
European Commission - 4th Framework Programme, 10 partners (CH, D,
F, CANADA). Coordinator: Prof. Baldassare Bacchi, DICATA- University
of Brescia, Italy, 1998-2000; Water
Monitor, Craft European Project, in cooperation with Vienna University, Scan
(Wien), Dunvegan Network (England), Mesurex (Spain) and PPT (Italy), 2003 –
2004; Algorithms
for land classification with
microwave monitoring, Research Contract by ASI-Italian Space Agency,
2003-2004; Study
of a hydrogeological system to assist flood control in the Red River delta
(China-Vietnam), funded by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vietnam’s
Ministry of Science and Technology, 2007-2008; Monitoring and Modelling of Lake Iseo
hydrodynamics, Research Contract by Consorzio di Gestione
Associata Lago di Iseo, Endine e Moro, 2009-2010; KULTURISK, Knowledge-based approach to develop a cULTUre
of RISK prevention, European Commission - 7th Framework Programme,
11 partners (I, NL, SLO, CH, UK, EU), 2010-2013. c) Events NEW! Seminar : La metodologia KULTURISK-‐FP7 e
l'applicazione della Direttiva Alluvioni, CSMT Gestione, 6
December 2013 NEW! Seminar : Prof. Nobuyuki Tamai’s Lectures, DICATAM, University of
Brescia, 18—21 November 2013 NEW! Seminar : Giornata di studio su progetto e
gestione delle stazioni di pompaggio, University of Brescia, 22
November 2013 Congress
: XXXIII Conference of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering,
University of Brescia, 10—14 September 2012 Course
: 1st IAHR-WMO Short course
on Stream gauging, University of Brescia, 6 - 9 September 2011 d) Selected publications BACCHI B., BECCIU G., KOTTEGODA N.T. (1994).
Bivariate exponential model applied to intensities and durations of extreme
rainfall. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 155(1-2); p. 225-236, ISSN: 0022-1694 BACCHI
B., KOTTEGODA N.T. (1994). Identification
and calibration of spatial correlation patterns of rainfall. JOURNAL OF
HYDROLOGY, vol. 165(1-4); p. 311-348
ISSN: 0022-1694 BACCHI
B., RANZI R., BORGA M. (1996). Recognition
of the statistical character of spatial patterns of rainfall cells. JOURNAL
OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, vol. 101(D21); p. 26,277-26,286, ISSN : 0148-0227 PILOTTI M. (1998). Generation of Realistic Porous
Media by Grains Sedimentation. TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA, vol. 33; p.
257-278, ISSN: 0169-3913 RANZI
R., GROSSI G., BACCHI B. (1999). Ten
years of monitoring areal snowpack in the Southern Alps using NOAA-AVHRR
imagery, ground measurements and hydrological data. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES,
vol. 13; p. 2079-2095, ISSN: 0885-6087 AURELI
F., MIGNOSA P., TOMIROTTI M. (2000). Numerical simulation and experimental verification
of Dam-Break flows with shocks. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, vol. 38(3); p.
197-206, ISSN: 0022-1686 PILOTTI
M., MENDUNI G. (2001). Beginning
of sediment transport of incoherent grains in shallow shear flows. JOURNAL OF
HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, vol. 39; p. 115-124, ISSN: 0022-1686 MAIONE
U., MIGNOSA P., TOMIROTTI M. (2003). Regional Estimation Model of Synthetic Design
Hydrographs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, vol. 1(2); p.
151-163, ISSN: 1571-5124 RANZI
R., BACCHI B., GROSSI G. (2003). Runoff
measurements and hydrological modelling for the estimation of rainfall
volumes in an alpine basin. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL
SOCIETY, vol. 129-B; p. 653-672, ISSN: 0035-9009 CAGNATI
A, CREPAZ A, MACELLONI G, PAMPALONI P, RANZI R, TEDESCO M, TOMIROTTI M., VALT
M (2004). Study of the snow
melt-freeze cycle using multi-sensor data and snow modelling. THE JOURNAL OF
GLACIOLOGY, vol. 50(170); p. 419-426, ISSN: 0022-1430 MALGUZZI
P., GROSSI G., BUZZI A., RANZI R., BUIZZA R. (2006). The 1966 century flood in Italy: a meteorological
and hydrological revisitation. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, vol. 111;
D24106, ISSN: 0148-0227, doi: 0.1029/2006JD007111 MURACA
A., MANGONE V. (2006). Drenaggio urbano. Teorie e applicazioni per
l'accumulo, il trattamento e lo smaltimento delle acque meteoriche, Nuova
Editoriale Bios, Cosenza, ISBN: 8860930057 BARONTINI
S., RANZI R., BACCHI B. (2007). Water
dynamics in a gradually nonhomogeneous soil descibed by the linerized
Richards equation. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, vol. 43, ISSN: 0043-1397, doi:
10.1029/2006WR005126 MONTANARI
A., GROSSI G. (2008). Estimating
the uncertainty of hydrological forecasts: a statistical approach. WATER
RESOURCES RESEARCH, vol. 44, W00B08; p. 1-9, ISSN: 0043-1397, doi:
10.1029/2008WR006897 BALISTROCCHI
M., GROSSI G., BACCHI B. (2009). An
analytical probabilistic model of the quality efficiency of a sewer tank.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, vol. 45, W12420 ISSN: 0043-1397, doi:
10.1029/2009WR007822 BARONTINI
S., GROSSI G., KOUWEN N., MARAN S., SCARONI P., RANZI R. (2009). Impacts of climate change scenarios on runoff
regimes in the southern Alps. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
DISCUSSIONS, vol. 6; p. 3089-3141, ISSN: 1812-2108 NGO L.A., VU M.C., HOANG T.T., BUZZI A., DROFA O.,
DO L.T., BARONTINI S., RANZI R. (2010). A hydrometeorological flood
forecasting system for the reservoir control in the Red River, Proc. of
ICOLD-International Commission on Large Dams International Symposium
"Dams & Sustainable Water Resources Development" (on CD), Hanoi
23-25 May 2010. PILOTTI
M., TOMIROTTI M., VALERIO G., BACCHI B. (2010). A simplified method for the characterization of the
hydrograph following a sudden partial dam break. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC
ENGINEERING, vol. 136(10); p. 693-704, ISSN: 0733-9429 RANZI
R., GROSSI G., GITTI A., TASCHNER S. (2010). Energy and mass balance of the Mandrone Glacier (Adamello,
Central Alps). GEOGRAFIA FISICA E DINAMICA QUATERNARIA, vol. 33; p.
45-60, ISSN: 0391-9838 PILOTTI
M., MARANZONI A., TOMIROTTI M., VALERIO G. (2011). The 1923 Gleno dam-break: case study and numerical
modelling. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, vol. 137, ISSN: 0733-9429 (in
press) Hydraulics
and Hydrology Laboratory University
of Brescia Meteorological Station
a) Lake Salarno Dam (hydropower system of the Oglio
river basin, Central Italian Alps); b) Simulated map of the mean annual mass
balance of the Mandrone Glacier (Adamello, Central Italian Alps) averaged
over the period 1995-2009; c) Hydraulics and Hydrology Laboratory:
experimental equipment for the evaluation of the performances of permeable
pavements; d) Monitoring and Modelling of Lake Iseo hydrodynamics. |
