> Research interest

 Exploring the dam-break flow of sedimenting fluid-solids suspensions (mud-flows, submarine avalanches).  
        * Co-workers :          

              - Frédéric Risso (DR-CNRS, Physicist at IMFT, Toulouse).

              - François James (PrU Mathematician at IDP, Orléans).

              - Stéphane Bonelli (DR-INRAE, Geomecanist at RECOVER, Aix-en-Provence).

              - Andrea Bondesan (Marie-Curie Fellow, Mathematician at UNIPR, Parma).

              - Loïc Rousseau (PhD Candidate at GéHCO - Master Student at the University of Côte d'Azur).

              - Ahmad Amin (PhD Thesis at GéHCO - Master Degree at LEGI, Grenoble).

              - Hélène Giraud (Thesis at GéHCO - Master Student at Sorbonne University).

              - Matthieu Gschwend (Thesis at IDP - Master Student at the University of Montpellier).

              - Killian Conan (Thesis at GéHCO - Master Student at the University of Brest).

              - Romain Morini (Research Engineer at GéHCO - Doctor in Physics, LPMC, Nice).

              - Florian Godet (Research Engineer at GéHCO - Engineer in Physics, Polytech' Marseille).  

              - 2020-2022 : Transversal Project from UT - Co-Investigator with Mathilde Graslepois (6 k€)

              - 2019-2022 : Regional Fundamental Project - Co-Investigator with François James (90 k€)

              - 2018-2021 : Ministerial PhD Funding - Principal Investigator, with Florentina Moatar (96 k€)

              - 2017-2020 : Regional Fundamental Project - Principal Investigator (110 k€)

              - 2016 : FEDER-AELB Project - Principal Investigator (105 k€)

• L. Girolami, S. Bonelli, R. Valois, N. Chaouch, J. Burgat, F. Nicoleau (2024) Relation entre morpho-dynamique fluviale et processus d'érosion interne autour des digues de protection : observation multi-échelle d'une rivière aménagée (Agly, Pyrénées-Orientales), Revue Française de Géotechnique, 178(7), https://doi.org/10.1051/geotech/2024010.
• L. Girolami, S. Bonelli, R. Valois, N. Chaouch, J. Burgat (2023) On internal erosion of the pervious foundation of flood protection dikes, Water, 15, 3747, https://doi.org/10.3390/w15213747. 
• A. Amin, L. Girolami, F. Risso (2022) Fall of a large sphere in a suspension of small fluidized particles, Physical Review Fluids Letters, 7, L082301. 
• A. Amin, L. Girolami, F. Risso (2021) On the fluidization/sedimentation velocity of a homogeneous suspension in a low-inertia fluid, Powder Technology, 391, doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.05.073. 
• C. Soulaine, L. Girolami, L. Arbaret, S. Roman (2021) Digital Rock Physics: computation of hydrodynamic dispersion, Oil & Gas Science & Technology, 76 (51), doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2021032. 
• L. Girolami, F. Risso (2020) Physical modeling of the dam-break flow of sedimenting suspensions, Physical Review Fluids, 5, 084306, doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.084306. 

• L. Girolami, F. Risso (2019) Sedimentation of gas-fluidized particles with random shape and size, Physical Review Fluids, 4, 074301, doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.074301. 

• L. Girolami, F. Risso (2018) Rheological behaviour and runout of short-lived fast-moving flows of hot, dense suspensions, Journal of Energy Challenges and Mechanics, 5(1), 17-23. 

• L. Girolami, J. D. Sherwood and F. Charru (2016) Dynamics of a slowly-varying sand bed in a circular pipe, International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 81, 113-129.

• L. Girolami, T. H. Druitt and O. Roche (2015) Towards a quantitative understanding of pyroclastic flows : Effects of expansion on the dynamics of laboratory fluidized granular flows, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 296, 31-39.

• G. F. Bertrand, H. Celle-Jeanton, F. Huneau, A. Baillieux, G. Mauri, V. Lavastre, G. Undereiner, L. Girolami and J.S. Moquet (2015) Vulnerability of volcanic aquifers : evaluation of contaminant transfer and hydrodispersive parameters in basaltic lava flows through an artificial tracer test and implications for long-term water supply management, Open Geosciences, doi:10.1515/geo-2015-0037.

• L. Girolami, A. Wachs and G. Vinay (2013) Unchannelized dam-break flows : effects of the lateral spreading on the flow dynamics, Physics of Fluids, 25, doi:10.1063/1.4799 129.

• A. Wachs, L. Girolami, G. Vinay and G. Ferrer (2012) GRAINS3D, a flexible DEM approach for particles of arbitrary convex shape : numerical model and validations, Powder Technology, doi :10.1016/j.powtec.2012.03.023.

• L. Girolami, V. Hergault, G. Vinay and A. Wachs (2012) A Three-dimensional DEM for the simulation of dam-break granular collapses : comparison between numerical results and experiments, Granular Matter, doi:10.1007/s10035-012-0342-3.

• L. Girolami, O. Roche, T. H. Druitt and T. Corpetti (2010) Particle velocity fields and depositional processes in laboratory ash flows, with implications for the sedimentation of dense pyroclastic flows, Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-010-0356-9.

• A. Wachs, G. Vinay, G. Ferrer, J. Kouakou, C. Dan and L. Girolami (2009) PeliGRIFF : a parallel Discrete Element Method-Distributed Lagrange Multiplier/ Fictitious Domain for a direct numerical simulation of particulate flows with collisions, International Journal of Mechanical Systems Science and Engineering, 1 (4), 185-191.

• L. Girolami, T. H. Druitt, O. Roche and Z. Khrabrykh (2008) Transport and hindered settling of laboratory ash flows, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, doi:10.1029/ 2007JB005074.