Prof. Andrea Vacca

School of Engineering
The 2nd University of Napoli, Italy

Associate Professor

Email: vacca@unina.it

Qualifications

1995 Ph.D., University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy

1993 Post-Graduate Diploma, Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

1990 MS, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. C. DI CRISTO, M. GRECO, M. IERVOLINO, A. LEOPARDI, A. VACCA (in press). A Two-Dimensional Two-Phase Depth-Integrated Model for Transients over Mobile Bed. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, ISSN: 0733-9429, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-790017 .0001024.
2. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2015). Diffusive approximation for unsteady mud flows with backwater effect. ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, vol. 81, p. 84-94, ISSN: 0309-1708, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.10.002
3. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2015). On the stability of gradually varying mud-flows in open channels. MECCANICA, ISSN: 0025-6455, doi: 10.1007/s11012-014-0075-y
4. M. MANNA, A. VACCA, R. VERZICCO R (2015). Pulsating Pipe Flow with Large Amplitude Oscillations in the Very High Frequency Regime. Part II: Phase–Averaged Analysis. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, vol. 766, p. 272 -296, doi: doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.17
5. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2014). Simplified Wave Models Applicability to Shallow Mud Flows Modeled as Power-Law Fluids. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE, ISSN: 1672-6316, vol. 19, p. 956-965, doi: 10.1007/s11629-014-3065-6
6. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2014). Applicability of Kinematic, Diffusion and Quasi-Steady Dynamic Wave Models to Shallow Mud Flows. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING, vol. 19, p. 956-965, ISSN: 1084-0699, doi: 10.1061/ (ASCE) HE.1943-5584.0000881
7. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2013). On the applicability of minimum channel length criterion for roll-waves in mud-flows. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY AND HYDROMECHANICS, vol. 61, p. 286 -292, ISSN: 0042-790X, doi: 10.2478/johh-2013-0036
8. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2013). Gravity-driven flow of a shear-thinning power–law fluid over a permeable plane. APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 7, 33, 1623 – 1641 ISSN: 1312-885X
9. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2013). Boundary conditions effect on linearized mudflow shallow model. ACTA GEOPHYSICA, vol. 61, no. 3, Jun. 2013, pp. 649-667.
10. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2013). Waves dynamics in a linearized mud-flow shallow model. APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, vol. 7, p. 377- 393, ISSN: 1312-885X.
11. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2012). Analysis of Dynamic Wave Model for Unsteady Flow in an Open Channel (Discussion). JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, vol. 138, p. 915-917, ISSN: 0733-9429.
12. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2012). Green’s Function of the Linearized Saint–Venant Equations in Laminar and Turbulent Flows. ACTA GEOPHYSICA, vol. 60, p. 173-190, ISSN: 1895-6572, doi: 10.2478/s11600-011-0039-8.
13. M. MANNA, A. VACCA, R. VERZICCO (2012). Pulsating pipe flow with large-amplitude oscillations in the very high frequency regime. Part 1. Time-averaged analysis. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, vol. 700, p. 246-282, ISSN: 0022-1120.
14. M. GRECO, M. IERVOLINO, A. LEOPARDI, A. VACCA (2012). Two-Phase Model for Fast Geomorphic Shallow Flows. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEDIMENT RESEARCH, vol. 27, p. 409-425 ISSN: 1001-6279.
15. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA, B. ZANUTTIGH (2010). Influence of relative roughness and Reynolds number on the roll waves spatial evolution. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING, vol. 136 (1), p. 24-33, ISSN: 0733-9429.
16. A. CARRAVETTA, A. VACCA (2009). Hydraulic design of stilling basins in steep channels. DAM ENGINEERING, vol. XIX (4), p. 257-273, ISSN: 0958-9341.
17. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA, B. ZANUTTIGH. (2009). Roll-waves prediction in dense granular flows. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 377, p. 50-58, ISSN: 0022-1694, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.008.
18. M. MANNA, A. VACCA (2009). Torque Reduction in Taylor-Couette Flows Subject to an Axial Pressure Gradient. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, vol. 639, p. 373-401, ISSN: 0022-1120, doi: 10.1017/S0022112009991078.
19. M. GRECO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA (2008). Boundary conditions in a two-layer geomorphological model: application to a hydraulic jump over a mobile bed (Discussion). JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, vol. 46, p. 856-858, ISSN: 0022-1686.
20. C. DI CRISTO, M. IERVOLINO, A. VACCA, B. ZANUTTIGH (2008). Minimum channel length for roll wave generation. JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, vol. 46, p. 73-79, ISSN: 0022-1686.