Prof. Michele Palermo

University of Pisa

Associate Professor

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About

Michele Palermo, PhD, is Associate Professor at the University of Pisa, Italy. His main scientific interests are localized scour phenomena downstream of hydraulic structures, design of eco-friendly structures for river restoration, scour control at bridge piers, plunge pool scour process, physical modeling of hydraulic structures, and hydraulic jump on rough beds.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydraulics; hydraulic strcutres; river restoration; sediment transport; scour problems.

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Ecohydraulics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Hydraulic Structures	Member	2017-08-22	2021-07-15

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
3D Scour Due to Low-Inclined Circular Jets in Cohesive Soils: A Preliminary Analysis	2025
3D Scour Due to Low-Inclined Circular Jets in Cohesive Soils: A Preliminary Analysis	2025
Effect of bed slope on scour morphology at bridge piers with debris accumulation	2024
Scour Evolution at Rock Sills under Unsteady Flow Condition	2024
Effect of Rigid Vegetation on Equilibrium Bed Morphology	2023
Investigation of Energy Attenuation, Flow Resistance and Impending Motion of Downstream Bed Material in Rock Ramps	2022
Scour Geometry and Dune Formation Characteristics around Customized Structure in Channels	2022
Scour Profiles Downstream of Wood Structures in Vegetated Channels	2020
Effect of Flexible Vegetation on Stilling Basin Erosion Downstream of Log-Frame Structures	2019
Erosive Processes Downstream of Arch Shaped Sills in Vegetated Channels	2019
Log-Frame Deflectors Scour Morphology in Curved Channels	2019
Suspended Cohesionless Material in a 2D Scour Pothole Due to Plunging Jets	2019
The Role of Shrubs in River Bed Erosion: A Preliminary Morphological Analysis	2019
A Preliminary Study of Field Scour Morphology Downstream of Block Ramps Located at River Bends	2018
Equilibrium Scour Morphology Downstream of Rock Sills Under Unsteady Flow Conditions	2018
From Developing to Developed Phase in the Scour Evolution Due to Vertical and Sub-Vertical Plunging Jets: New Experiments and Theory	2018
Scour Morphology Downstream of Log-Frame Deflectors in Series	2018
Semi-theoretical approach for energy dissipation estimation at hydraulic jumps in rough sloped channels	2018
Effect of River Curvature on Scour Process in Correspondence With Arched Sills	2017
Equilibrium Scour Morphologies Downstream of Block Ramps Located in Both Straight and Curved Channels	2017
Countermesures Efficiency in Limiting Scour at Bridge Piers with Debris Accumulation	2016
Hydraulic jumps on rough and smooth beds: aggregate approach for horizontal and adverse-sloped beds	2015
Protected Stilling Basins Downstream of Low-Head River Training Structures: Energy Dissipation	2015
Symmetric and Asymmetric Enlargements of Block Ramp Stilling Basins	2015
Erosive and Hydrodynamic Processes Analysis Downstream of Low-Head Rock Made Control Structures	2013
Scour Hole Profiles Due to Erosive Phenomena: Similitudes and Differences	2013
Effects of Vertical Deflectors on Rooster Tail Geometry	2012
Stilling basin erosion due to vertical crossing jets	2012
Energy Dissipation in the Stilling Basin Downstream of Block Ramps in Presence of Rock Made Sills	2010
Block Ramp Failure: Morphological Variations and Effects on the Downstream Scour	2009
Effect of Jet Air Content on 3D Plunge Pool Scour	2009
Energy Dissipation in Presence of Block Ramps with Enlarged Stilling Basins	2009
Scour and hydraulic jump downstream of block ramps in expanding stilling basins	2009
Scour control and surface sediment distribution downstream of block ramps	2008
Energy Dissipation in Submerged Block Ramps at Fixed Slope	2007

My Videos

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IAHR Awards

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