Enrico Creaco’s website — Research and Journal Papers

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This page shows the research topics I have been dealing with so far. The list of international journal (IJ) papers follow.

 

The main topics dealt with during the research activities are:

1. Management of rainwaters in urban drainage systems (IJ.9, IJ.13, IJ.19, IJ.32)

2. Management and removal of solids from sewer systems (IJ.1, IJ.2, IJ.3, IJ.4, IJ.5, IJ.7, IJ.8, IJ.20)

3. Simulation and management of water supply systems (IJ.10, IJ.12, IJ.14, IJ.17, IJ.21, IJ.23, IJ.25, IJ.27, IJ.28, IJ.36, IJ.39, IJ.40, IJ.47, IJ.48)

4. Optimal design of water distribution networks (IJ.18, IJ.22, IJ.24, IJ.26, IJ.29, IJ.31, IJ.33, IJ.34, IJ.35, IJ.43, IJ.45)

5. Protection of water distribution networks from contamination events (IJ.46)

6. Numerical modeling of shallow waters and solid transport in rivers (IJ.6, IJ.11, IJ.16)

7. Application of statistical methodologies to problems of Hydrology and Hydraulic Infrastructures (IJ.15, IJ.41)

8. Analysis of the demand in water distribution systems (IJ.30, IJ.38, IJ.42, IJ.44)

9. Optimization of irrigations networks (IJ.37)

 

     IJ.1        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2004). Experimental and numerical analysis of the scouring effects of flushing waves on sediment deposits. Journal of Hydrology (ISI), 299(2004), pp. 324-334, Elsevier (ISSN: 0022-1694).

     IJ.2        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2005). Discussion of “Gate and Vacuum Flushing of Sewer Sediment: Laboratory Testing” by Qizhong Guo, Chi-Yuan Fan, Ramjee Raghaven and Richard Field. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ISI), 131(12), pp. 1145-1146, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9429).

     IJ.3        Bertrand-Krajewski J.-L., Campisano A., E. Creaco E., Modica C. (2005). Experimental analysis of the Hydrass flushing gate and field validation of flush propagation modelling. Water Science and Technology (ISI), 51(2), pp. 129-137, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 0273-1223).

     IJ.4        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2006). Experimental analysis of the Hydrass flushing gate and laboratory validation of flush propagation modelling. Water Science and Technology (ISI), 54(6-7), pp. 101-108, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 0273-1223).

     IJ.5        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2007). Dimensionless approach for the set-up of flushing gates in sewer channels. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ISI), 133(8), pp. 964-972, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9429).

     IJ.6        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C., Reitano S. (2007). Sensitivity analysis of the formulas for predicting hiding processes in simulating bed aggradation. Communications to SIMAI Conferences (NOT ISI), Vol.2 (ISSN: 1827-9015).

     IJ.7        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2008). Laboratory investigation on the effects of flushes on cohesive sediment beds. Urban Water Journal (ISI), 5(1), pp. 3-14, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.8        Creaco E., Bertrand-Krajewski J.L. (2009). Numerical simulation of flushing effect on sewer sediments and comparison of four sediment transport formulas. Journal of Hydraulic Research (ISI), 47(2), 195-202 (ISSN: 1814-2079).

     IJ.9        Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2009). P controller calibration for the real time control of moveable weirs in sewer channels. Water Science and Technology (ISI), 59(11), 2237-2244, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 0273-1223).

     IJ.10      Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2010). RTC of valves for leakage reduction in water supply networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 136(1), 138-141, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.11      Creaco E., Campisano A., Khe A., Modica C., Russo G. (2010). Head reconstruction method to balance flux and source terms in shallow water equations. Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ISI), 136(4), 517-523, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9399).

     IJ.12      Creaco E., Franchini M., Alvisi S. (2010). Optimal placement of isolation valves in water distribution systems based on valve cost and weighted average demand shortfall. Water Resources Management (ISI), 24(15), 4317–4338 (ISSN: 0920-4741).

     IJ.13      Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2011). A simplified approach for the design of infiltration trenches. Water Science and Technology (ISI), 64(6), 1362-1367, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 0273-1223).

     IJ.14      Alvisi S., Creaco E., Franchini M. (2011). Segment identification in water distribution systems. Urban Water Journal (ISI), 8(4), 203–217, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.15      Alvisi S., Creaco E., Franchini M. (2012). Crisp discharge forecasts and grey uncertainty bands using data-driven models. Hydrology Research (ISI), 43(5), 589-602, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 0029-1277).

     IJ.16      Creaco E. (2012). Closure to Head reconstruction method to balance flux and source terms in shallow water equations by Creaco E., Campisano A., Khe A., Modica C., Russo G. Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ISI), 138(5), 553–554, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9399).

     IJ.17      Creaco E., Franchini M., Alvisi S. (2012). Evaluating water demand shortfalls in segment analysis. Water Resources Management (ISI), 26(8), 2301–2321 Springler (ISSN: 0920-4741).

     IJ.18      Creaco E., Franchini M. (2012). Fast network multi-objective design algorithm combined with an a-posteriori procedure for reliability evaluation under various operational scenarios. Urban Water Journal (ISI), 9(6), 385-399, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.19      Creaco E., Franchini M. (2012). A dimensionless procedure for the design of infiltration trenches. Journal American Water Works Association (ISI), 104(9), 45-46 (extended paper published on-line pages E501-E509) (ISSN: 2164-4535).

     IJ.20      Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2013). Numerical modelling of sediment bed aggradation in open rectangular drainage channels. Urban Water Journal (ISI), 10(6), 365-376, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.21      Creaco E., Franchini M. (2013). A new algorithm for the real time pressure control in water distribution networks. Water Science and Technology-Water Supply (ISI), 13(4), 875-882 IWA Publishing (ISSN: 1606-9749).

     IJ.22      Creaco E., Franchini M., Walski T.M. (2014). Accounting for phasing of construction within the design of water distribution networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 140(5), 598-606, ASCE (ISSN: 1943-5452).

     IJ.23      Farina G., Creaco E., Franchini M. (2014). Using EPANET for modelling water distribution systems with users along the pipes. Civil Engineering and Environmental systems (ISI), 31(1), 36-50, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1028-6608).

     IJ.24      Marchi A., Salomons E., Ostfeld A., Kapelan Z., Simpson A.R., Zecchin A.C., Maier H.R., Wu Z.Y., Elsayed S. M., Song Y., Walski T., Stokes C., Wu W., Dandy G. C., Alvisi S., Creaco E., Franchini M., Saldarriaga J., Páez D., Hernández D., Bohórquez J., Bent R., Coffrin C., Judi D., McPherson T., van Hentenryck P., Matos J.P., Monteiro A.J., Matias N., Yoo D.G., Lee H.M., Kim J.H., Iglesias-Rey P. L., Martínez-Solano F.J., Mora-Meliá D., Ribelles-Aguilar J.V., Guidolin M., Fu G., Reed P., Wang Q., Liu H., McClymont K., Johns M., Keedwell E., Kandiah V., Jasper M.N., Drake K., Shafiee E., Barandouzi M.A., Berglund A.D., Brill D., Mahinthakumar G., Ranjithan R., Zechman E.M., Morley M.S., Tricarico C., De Marinis G., Tolson B.A., Khedr A., Asadzadeh M. (2014). The Battle of the Water Networks II (BWN-II). Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 140(7), 04014009-1-14, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.25      Creaco E., Franchini M. (2014). Comparison of Newton-Raphson Global and Loop Algorithms for Water Distribution Network Resolution. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ISI), 140(3), 313-321, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9429).

     IJ.26      Creaco E., Franchini M., Walski T.M. (2015). Taking Account of Uncertainty in Demand Growth When Phasing the Construction of a Water Distribution Network. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 141(2), 04014049-1-13, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.27      Creaco E., Pezzinga G. (2015). Multi-objective optimization of pipe replacements and control valve installations for leakage attenuation in water distribution networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 141(3), 04014059-1-10, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.28      Creaco E., Pezzinga G. (2015). Embedding Linear Programming in Multi Objective Genetic Algorithms for Reducing the Size of the Search Space with Application to Leakage Minimization in Water Distribution Networks. Environmental Modelling & Software (ISI), 69, 308-318.

     IJ.29      Wang Q., Creaco E., Franchini M., Savic D., Kapelan Z. (2015). Comparing Low and High-Level Hybrid Algorithms on the Two-Objective Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems. Water Resources Management (ISI), 29(1), 1-16, Springler (ISSN: 0920-4741).

     IJ.30      Creaco E., Farmani R., Kapelan Z., Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L., Savic D. (2015). Considering the mutual dependence of pulse duration and intensity in models for generating residential water demand. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000557, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.31      Creaco E., Fortunato A., Franchini M., Mazzola M.R. (2015). Water distribution networks robust design based on energy surplus index maximization. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply (ISI), 15(6), 1253-1258, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 1606-9749).

     IJ.32      Campisano A., Creaco E., Modica C. (2016). Application of Real-Time Control Techniques to Reduce Water Volume Discharges from Quality-Oriented CSO Devices. Journal of Environmental Engineering (ISI), 142(1), 04015049-1-04015049-8, ASCE.

     IJ.33      Creaco E., Franchini M., Todini E.. (2016). The combined use of resilience and loop diameter uniformity as a good indirect measure of network reliability. Urban Water Journal (ISI), 13(2), 167-181, Taylor and Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.34      Creaco E., Franchini M., Walski T.M. (2016). Comparison of various phased approaches for the constrained minimum-cost design of water distribution networks. Urban Water Journal (ISI), doi: 10.1080/1573062X.2014.991330, Taylor and Francis (ISSN: 1573-062X).

     IJ.35      Creaco E., Alvisi S., Franchini M. (2016). Multi-step approach for optimizing design and operation of the C-Town pipe network model. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000585, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.36      Walski T., Creaco E. (2016). Selection of Pumping Configuration for Closed Water Distribution Systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 142(6):04016009, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.37      Fernández I., Creaco E., Rodríguez Díaz J.A., Montesinos P., Camacho P., Savic D. (2016). Rehabilitating pressurized irrigation networks for an increased energy efficiency. Agricultural Water Management (ISI), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.10.032, Elsevier (ISSN: 0378-3774).

     IJ.38      Creaco E., Alvisi S., Farmani R., Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L., Franchini M., Kapelan Z., Savic D. (2016). Methods for preserving duration-intensity correlation on synthetically generated water demand pulses. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000613, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.39        Creaco E., Lanfranchi E., Chiesa C., Fantozzi M., Carrettini C.A., Franchini M. (2016). Optimisation of leakage and energy in the Abbiategrasso district. Civil Engineering and Enviromnetal Systems (ISI), 33(1), 22-34, Taylor & Francis (ISSN: 1028-6608).

     IJ.40        Creaco E., Franchini M., Todini E. (2016). Generalized resilience and failure indices for use with pressure driven modeling and leakage. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 142(8): 04016019, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.41        Creaco E., Berardi L., Sun S., Giustolisi O., Savic D. (2016). Selection of relevant input variables in stormwater quality modelling by multi-objective evolutionary polynomial regression paradigm. Water Resources Research (ISI), doi: 10.1002/2015WR017971, AGU (ISSN: 1944-7973).

     IJ.42        Creaco E., Kossieris P., Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia L., Makropoulos C., Kapelan Z., Savic D. (2016). Parameterizing residential water demand pulse models through smart meter readings. Environmental Modelling & Software (ISI), 80(June 2016), 33–40, Elsevier Science (ISSN: 1364-8152).

     IJ.43        Liu H., Savic D.A., Kapelan Z., Creaco E., Yuan Y. (2016). Reliability Surrogate Measures for Water Distribution System Design: Comparative Analysis. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000728., ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496). 

     IJ.44        Creaco E., Blokker M., Buchberger S. (2017). Models for Generating Household Water Demand Pulses: Literature Review and Comparison. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000763, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.45        Ciaponi C., Creaco E., Franchioli L., Papiri S. (2017). The importance of the minimum path criterion in the design of water distribution networks. Water Science and Technology – Water Supply (ISI), doi: 10.2166/ws.2017.061, IWA Publishing (ISSN: 1606-9749).

     IJ.46        Tinelli S., Creaco E., Ciaponi C. (2017). Sampling significant contamination events for optimal sensor placement in water distribution systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000814, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.47        Creaco E., Campisano A., Franchini M., Modica C. (2017). Unsteady Flow Modeling of Pressure Real-Time Control in Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000821, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.48        Creaco, E., Pezzinga G., Savic D. (2017). On the choice of the demand and hydraulic modeling approach to WDN real-time simulation. Water Resour. Res. (ISI), 53, doi:10.1002/2016WR020104. AGU (ISSN: 1944-7973).

     IJ.49        Creaco, E., Walski, T. (2017). Economic Analysis of Pressure Control for Leakage and Pipe Burst Reduction. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 143(12): 04017074, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000846, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).

     IJ.50        Creaco, E. (2017). Exploring Numerically the Benefits of Water Discharge Prediction for the Remote RTC of WDNs. Water (ISI), 9, 961, MDPI.

     IJ.51        Ciaponi, C., Creaco, E. (2018). Comparison of pressure-driven formulations for WDN simulation. Water (ISI), 10(4), 523, MDPI.

     IJ.52         Creaco, E., Pezzinga, G. (2018). Comparison of algorithms for the optimal location of control valves for leakage reduction in WDNs. Water (ISI), 10(4), 466, MDPI.

     IJ.53        Creaco, E., Campisano A., Modica C. (2018). Testing behavior and effects of PRVs and RTC valves during hydrant activation scenarios. Urban Water Journal, doi: 10.1080/1573062X.2018.1424214.

     IJ.54       Creaco, E., Signori, P., Papiri, S., Ciaponi, C. (2018). Peak demand assessment and hydraulic analysis in WDN design. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ISI), 144(6),0401802, ASCE (ISSN: 0733-9496).