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. Del Gaudio, A., Constantinescu, G., De Paola, F., Di Cristo, C., & Vacca, A. (2025). Turbulent dam-break waves of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1019, A58.
2. Del Gaudio, A., Di Cristo, C., Vacca, A., De Paola, F., Leopardi, A., Iervolino, M., ... & Constantinescu, G. S. (2025). Numerical simulations of dam-break waves impacting a rigid wall. In River Flow 2024 (pp. 312-316). CRC Press.
3. Del Gaudio, A., La Forgia, G., Constantinescu, G., De Paola, F., Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., ... & Vacca, A. (2024). Modelling the impact of a dam‐break wave on a vertical wall. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(7), 2080-2095.
4. Del Gaudio, A., Constantinescu, G., Di Cristo, C., De Paola, F., & Vacca, A. (2024). Large eddy simulation of power-law fluid dam break wave impacting against a vertical wall. Physical Review Fluids, 9(7), 074801.
5. Larcher, M., Aronica, G. T., Ballio, F., Claps, P., Comiti, F., Di Cristo, C., ... & Zugliani, D. (2024). Bridges in small basins with intense sediment transport and debris flow. Procedia Structural Integrity, 62, 633-639.
6. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2023). Instabilities of a dam-break wave of power-law fluids. Physics of Fluids, 35(10).
7. Del Gaudio, A., De Paola, F., Di Cristo, C., La Forgia, G., Leopardi, A., & Vacca, A. (2022). Experimental investigation and numerical evaluation of the free surface of a dam break wave in the presence of an obstacle. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 21(1), 23.
8. Di Cristo, C., Fecarotta, O., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2022). Impact dynamics of mud flows against rigid walls. Journal of Hydrology, 612, 128221.
9. Manna, M., Vacca, A., & Verzicco, R. (2022). Reverse transition of a turbulent spiral Poiseuille flow at. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 941, A6.
10. Pascal, J. P., & Vacca, A. (2021). Instabilities of a shear-thinning fluid falling over an undulating porous layer. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 298, 104693.
11. Di Cristo, C., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., Martino, R., & Vacca, A. (2021). A remark on finite volume methods for 2D shallow water equations over irregular bottom topography. Journal of hydraulic research, 59(2), 337-344.
12. Di Cristo, C., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2021). Impact force of a geomorphic dam-break wave against an obstacle: effects of sediment inertia. Water, 13(2), 232.
13. Di Cristo, C., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. Interaction of a dam-break wave with an obstacle over.
14. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., Moramarco, T., & Vacca, A. (2019). Applicability of Kinematic model for mud-flows: An unsteady analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 577, 123967.
15. Greco, M., Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2019). Numerical simulation of mud-flows impacting structures. Journal of Mountain Science, 16(2), 364-382.
16. Iervolino, M., Pascal, J. P., & Vacca, A. (2018). Instabilities of a power–law film over an inclined permeable plane: A two–sided model. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 259, 111-124.
17. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2018). Applicability of Kinematic and Diffusive models for mud-flows: a steady state analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 559, 585-595.
18. Di Cristo, C., Evangelista, S., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., Leopardi, A., & Vacca, A. (2018). Dam-break waves over an erodible embankment: experiments and simulations. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 56(2), 196-210.
19. Iervolino, M., Carotenuto, C., Gisonni, C., Minale, M., & Vacca, A. (2017, May). Impact forces of a supercritical flow of a shear thinning slurry against an obstacle. In Workshop on World Landslide Forum (pp. 391-398). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
20. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2017). A strategy for passive control of natural roll-waves in power-law fluids through inlet boundary conditions. Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 10(2), 667-680.
21. Cristo, C. D., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., Leopardi, A., & Vacca, A. (2016). Two-dimensional two-phase depth-integrated model for transients over mobile bed. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(2), 04015043.
22. Campomaggiore, F., Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2016). Inlet effects on roll-wave development in shallow turbulent open-channel flows. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 64(1), 45-55.
23. Evangelista, S., Greco, M., Iervolino, M., Leopardi, A., & Vacca, A. (2015). A new algorithm for bank-failure mechanisms in 2D morphodynamic models with unstructured grids. International Journal of Sediment Research, 30(4), 382-391.
24. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2015). Diffusive approximation for unsteady mud flows with backwater effect. Advances in Water Resources, 81, 84-94.
25. Di Cristo, C., Iervolino, M., & Vacca, A. (2015). On the stability of gradually varying mud-flows in open channels. Meccanica, 50(4), 963-979.
26. Manna, M., Vacca, A., & Verzicco, R. (2015). Pulsating pipe flow with large-amplitude oscillations in the very high frequency regime. Part 2. Phase-averaged analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 766, 272-296.

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WoS ResearcherID: E-9640-2015