Michel Pirotton

Michel Pirotton

Université de Liège

H-index: 38

Europe-Belgium

About Michel Pirotton

Michel Pirotton, With an exceptional h-index of 38 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Université de Liège, specializes in the field of Fluid dynamics, hydrodynamics, hydrology, hydraulic constructions.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Reply to Castro-Orgaz, O.; Hager, WH Comment on “Stilmant et al. Flow at an Ogee Crest Axis for a Wide Range of Head Ratios: Theoretical Model. Water 2022, 14, 2337”

An operational framework for improving the resilience of inland waterways and floodplains to the impacts of flood-induced dike breach hazard

Flood control capacity of a large reservoir under moderate and extreme flood conditions

Will extreme precipitation events like July 2021 become more frequent in the future? Insights from Belgium using MAR

Force coefficients for modelling the drift of a victim of river drowning

Flexible representation of obstacles in Lagrangian description for the drift of large floating debris in rivers during floods

What does the volume-averaged water age distribution function reveal about flow fields in rectangular shallow reservoirs?

WOLFHydro: a modular framework for multi-model hydrological simulations

Michel Pirotton Information

University

Position

Full Professor HECE (Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering)

Citations(all)

5402

Citations(since 2020)

2649

Cited By

4486

hIndex(all)

38

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

125

i10Index(since 2020)

67

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Michel Pirotton Skills & Research Interests

Fluid dynamics

hydrodynamics

hydrology

hydraulic constructions

Top articles of Michel Pirotton

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Reply to Castro-Orgaz, O.; Hager, WH Comment on “Stilmant et al. Flow at an Ogee Crest Axis for a Wide Range of Head Ratios: Theoretical Model. Water 2022, 14, 2337”

Water

Sebastien Erpicum

Frédéric Stilmant

Yann Peltier

Pierre Archambeau

Benjamin Dewals

...

2024/1/12

An operational framework for improving the resilience of inland waterways and floodplains to the impacts of flood-induced dike breach hazard

Benjamin Dewals

Joris Hardy

Davide Mastricci

Vincent Schmitz

Alexis Melitsiotis

...

2024/3/9

Flood control capacity of a large reservoir under moderate and extreme flood conditions

Pratik Chakraborty

Sophie De Kock

Pierre Archambeau

Michel Pirotton

Sébastien Erpicum

...

2024/3/7

Will extreme precipitation events like July 2021 become more frequent in the future? Insights from Belgium using MAR

Josip Brajkovic

Sébastien Doutreloup

Nicolas Ghilain

Pierre Archambeau

Michel Pirotton

...

2024/3/7

Force coefficients for modelling the drift of a victim of river drowning

Natural hazards

C Delhez

T Andrianne

S Erpicum

N Riviere

P Hallot

...

2024/2/24

Flexible representation of obstacles in Lagrangian description for the drift of large floating debris in rivers during floods

Damien Sansen

Pierre Archambeau

Michel Pirotton

Sébastien Erpicum

Benjamin Dewals

2024/3/17

What does the volume-averaged water age distribution function reveal about flow fields in rectangular shallow reservoirs?

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Benjamin Dewals

Pierre Archambeau

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

Eric Deleersnijder

2024/2/6

WOLFHydro: a modular framework for multi-model hydrological simulations

Christophe Dessers

Pierre Archambeau

Benjamin Dewals

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

2024/3/11

How does the local context influence flood impacts?

Daniela Rodriguez Castro

Solène Roucour

Mario Cools

Christophe Dessers

Pierre Archambeau

...

2023/7/10

Flood losses in the residential sector in the Vesdre valley (Belgium): classification and modelling

Daniela Rodriguez Castro

Solène Roucour

Pierre Archambeau

Mario Cools

Christophe Dessers

...

2023/9/12

Contrasting levels of surprise and levee effect between municipalities in the 2021 flood in Belgium

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Daniela Rodriguez Castro

Solène Roucour

Pierre Archambeau

Christophe Dessers

Sébastian Erpicum

...

2023/5

Assessment of the Attractiveness and Passage Efficiency of Different Fish Passage Solutions at a Hydropower Plant by Combining Fine Scale 2D-Telemetry and Hydraulic Numerical …

Environments

Séverine Renardy

Utashi D Ciraane

Jean-Philippe Benitez

Arnaud Dierckx

Justine Gelder

...

2023/6/22

Main channel width effects on overtopping-induced non-cohesive fluvial dike breaching

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Vincent Schmitz

Ismail Rifai

Lydia Kheloui

Sebastien Erpicum

Pierre Archambeau

...

2023/9/3

2021 flood in Belgium: flow processes, vulnerability patterns and impacts

Pierre Archambeau

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

Daniela Rodriguez Castro

Christophe Dessers

...

2023/11/8

Can the 2D shallow water equations model flow intrusion into buildings during urban floods?

Journal of Hydrology

Benjamin Dewals

Vasileios Kitsikoudis

Miguel Angel Mejía-Morales

Pierre Archambeau

Emmanuel Mignot

...

2023/4/1

Flood loss prediction: model calibration and interpretation based on a comprehensive field survey in the Vesdre valley (Belgium).

Daniela Rodriguez Castro

Solène Roucour

Pierre Archambeau

Christophe Dessers

Sébastien Erpicum

...

2023/6/16

Drift of a drowning victim in rivers: conceptualization and global sensitivity analysis under idealized flow conditions

Water resources research

Clément Delhez

Nicolas Rivière

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

Pierre Archambeau

...

2023/10

Influence of complex confluence conditions on smolts migration: a hydrodynamic investigation

Docile Utashi Ciraane

Pierre Archambeau

Benjamin Dewals

Michel Pirotton

Sébastien Erpicum

2023/8/24

2021 flood in Europe and dam management in the Vesdre valley, Belgium

Benjamin Dewals

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

Pierre Archambeau

2023/1/4

Modular hydrological modelling of the Vesdre and Amblève catchments

Christophe Dessers

Pierre Archambeau

Benjamin Dewals

Sébastien Erpicum

Michel Pirotton

2023/9/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 51
Stephan T Grilli

Stephan T Grilli

University of Rhode Island

H-index: 39
Wim S.J. Uijttewaal

Wim S.J. Uijttewaal

Technische Universiteit Delft

H-index: 35
Benjamin Dewals

Benjamin Dewals

Université de Liège

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