Tag Archive: debris jams

Jul 22

Life after the CDT

The CDT SIS and SIC seminar on Thursday 22nd July 2021. Presentation by Diego Panici, Post doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter. Diego was a PGR in the first cohort of CDT SIS students starting in 2014 and he graduated in 2019 with his iPhD. This presentation shows the development of his research work …

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Aug 25

Formation, Growth, and Failure of Debris Jams at Bridge Piers

Research Article Diego Panici  Gustavo A. M. de Almeida First published in Water Resources Research for American Geophysical Union AGU: 24 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022177 Abstract The accumulation of large wood debris around bridge piers obstructs the flow, producing increased upstream water levels, large horizontal structural loadings, and flow field modifications that can considerably exacerbate scour.

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