Stochastic analysis of Forchheimer flow

Stochastic analysis of Forchheimer flow

I graduated in Environmental Engineering at the university of Bologna, and then I got my Master in Civil Engineering at the same university. After that, I became PhD student in Hydraulic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics at the university of Bologna. As shown by my academic background, I am deeply fascinated by everything that regards the flow of water and its technical applications. At the moment, my field of research spans across two different areas: free-surface flow and stochastic subsurface hydrology. They are very broad topics, but, in order to narrow them, in both cases I focus on the flow of non-Newtonian fluids. Since these fluids are not as widely studied as water, and their rheology is far more complicated, I had to deepen my knowledge about them by turning to very niche literature.

Concerning free-surface flow, at the moment I am developing an analytical theory regarding oblique hydraulic jump in Herschel-Bulkley fluids and at the same time I am investigating the relationship between Forchhiemer flow in porous media and the hydraulic conductivity.

I believe that, before any numerical simulations can be run, every phenomen has to be studied and explained analytically, and that is what I am currently doing in my field of research.