Key activities and research topics

Plastic transport as bedload
Sediment transport
Scour at bridge piers
Turbulence

Projects

Inception of Movement and Bedload in MacroPlastics

Publications

Journals:

Rebai D., Berzi D., Ballio F., Matousek V. Experimental Comparison of Inclined Flows with and without Intense Sediment Transport: Flow Resistance and Surface Elevation (2022) Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148 (12), 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943‑ 7900.0002024

Franzetti S., Radice A., Rebai D., Ballio F., Clear Water Scour at Circular Piers: A New Formula Fitting Laboratory Data with Less Than 25% Deviation (2022) Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148 (10), 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943‑7900.0002009

Rebai D., Radice A, Ballio F. Traveling or jiggling: Particle motion modes and their relative contribution to bed‑load variables. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2024JF007637, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007637

Conferences:

Rebai, D., Koll, K., Radice, A., Aberle, J., and Ballio, F.: Turbulence increases sediment transport, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-9842, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9842, 2025

Rebai, D.: Particle motion over a smooth bed: effect of shape, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-21936, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21936, 2025

Radice, A, Rebai, D., Sarkar, S., Sarkar, M.: Elevation-flow-transport nexus in bed-load dunes, 10th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics 2024, Aberdeen, Scotland, 25-27 June 2024

Rebai, D., Koll, K., Radice, A., Aberle, J., and Ballio, F.: Experimental investigation on the effect of turbulence on sediment transport: set-up and preliminary results, The International Symposium on River Sedimentation 2023, Florence, Italy, 8-8 Sep 2023

Theses:

Rebai D. (2024). Sediment transport: from averages to fluctuations. Ph.D. Thesis. Supervisors: Francesco Ballio and Alessio Radice. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Rebai D. (2020). Energy losses in two phase flows. M.Sc. Thesis. Supervisors: Francesco Ballio, Diego Berzi and Vaclav Matousek. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Rebai D. (2017). Scour at circular pier: effect of the pier slenderness. B.Sc. Thesis. Supervisors: Silvio Franzetti and Alessio Radice. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Memberships

Member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Member of the Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica (GII)

Career

since 04/2025	Research Associate at the Institute for Water and Environment – Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10/2024 - 03/2025	Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
10/2022 - 04/2023	Visiting Ph. D. Student at Leichtweiß-Institut für Wasserbau (Technische Universität Braunschweig). Experimental investigation of the influence of turbulence on sediment transport. Supervisor: Jochen Aberle and Katinka Koll
10/2019 - 03/2020	Visiting student at the department of Hydraulics and Hydrology (Czech Technical University in Prague). Experimental investigation of energy losses in open channel flow with high sediment transport at the Laboratory of Water Engineering. Supervisor: Vaclav Matousek
2020 - 2024	Doctor of Phylosphy in Hydraulic Engineering. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2017 - 2020	Master of Science in Hydraulic Engineering. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
2014 - 2017	Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy