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Th.W.J. van Asch

Th.W.J. van Asch

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
4451
World Ranking
7967
National Ranking
127

Overview

Th.W.J. van Asch is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily within the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their scholarly activity spans several subfields including civil and structural engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, atmospheric science, ocean engineering, and global and planetary change.

Their research focuses on multiple main topics with publications related to landslides and related hazards, dam engineering and safety, cryospheric studies and observations, tailings management and properties, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, evacuation and crowd dynamics, and flood risk assessment and management.

Van Asch has frequently published in recognized venues, notably:

  • Engineering Geology (2 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van Asch include:

  • Landslide early warning, case studies from Southwest China, 2020, Engineering Geology
  • Instrumented flume tests on the failure and fluidization of tailings dams induced by rainfall infiltration, 2021, Engineering Geology
  • Defining evacuation travel times and safety areas in a debris flow hazard scenario, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Throughout their research career, van Asch has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Nengpan Ju, Huang Jian, Chaoyang He, Runqiu Huang, and Xuanmei Fan.

Best Publications

  • A view on some hydrological triggering systems in landslides

    Th.W.J Van Asch;J Buma;L.P.H Van Beek

  • The application of numerical debris flow modelling for the generation of physical vulnerability curves

    B. Quan Luna;J. Blahut;C. J. van Westen;S. Sterlacchini

  • Landslide Susceptibility Zoning North of Yenice (NW Turkey) by Multivariate Statistical Techniques

    M. Ercanoglu;C. Gokceoglu;Th. W. J. Van Asch

  • Triggering conditions and depositional characteristics of a disastrous debris flow event in Zhouqu city, Gansu Province, northwestern China

    C. Tang;N. Rengers;Th. W. J. van Asch;Y. H. Yang

  • A GIS-based numerical model for simulating the kinematics of mud and debris flows over complex terrain

    S. Beguería;Th. W. J. Van Asch;J.-P. Malet;S. Gröndahl

  • Analysis of debris flow behavior with a one dimensional run-out model incorporating entrainment

    B. Quan Luna;A. Remaître;Th.W.J. van Asch;Jean-Philippe Malet

  • Effects of peat compaction on delta evolution: A review on processes, responses, measuring and modeling

    S. van Asselen;E. Stouthamer;Th.W.J. van Asch

  • The 13 August 2010 catastrophic debris flows after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China

    Q. Xu;Shuai Zhang;W.L. Li;Th W.J. Van Asch

  • Problems in predicting the mobility of slow-moving landslides

    Th.W.J. van Asch;L.P.H. Van Beek;T.A. Bogaard

  • Regional Assessment of the Effects of Land-Use Change on Landslide Hazard By Means of Physically Based Modelling

    L.P.H. Van Beek;Th.W.J Van Asch

  • Forecasting the behaviour of complex landslides with a spatially distributed hydrological model

    Jean-Philippe Malet;Th. W. J. van Asch;R. van Beek;O. Maquaire

  • Geophysical, geotechnical and hydrological investigations of a small landslide in the French Alps

    J.P.T. Caris;Th.W.J. Van Asch

  • Parameterization of a numerical 2-D debris flow model with entrainment: a case study of the Faucon catchment, Southern French Alps

    H.Y. Hussin;B. Quan Luna;C.J. van Westen;M. Christen

  • Compaction of loamy soils due to tractor traffic in vineyards and orchards and its effect on infiltration in southern France

    S.J.E van Dijck;Th.W.J van Asch

  • Modelling the role of material depletion, grain coarsening and revegetation in debris flow occurrences after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Guillem Domènech;Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Theo W.J. van Asch;Theo W.J. van Asch

  • Hydrological triggering conditions of landslides in varved clays in the French Alps

    Th.W.J. van Asch;M.R. Hendriks;R. Hessel;F.E. Rappange

  • An integrated model to assess critical rainfall thresholds for run - out distances of debris flows

    Th. W. J. van Asch;C. Tang;D. Alkema;J. Zhu

  • Hazard assessment of debris flows in the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area, South West China

    Ming Chang;Chuan Tang;Th. W. J. Van Asch;Fei Cai

  • Landslide early warning, case studies from Southwest China

    Nengpan Ju;Jian Huang;Chaoyang He;T.W.J. Van Asch;T.W.J. Van Asch

  • The effect of groundwater fluctuations on the velocity pattern of slow-moving landslides

    Th. W. J. van Asch;Th. W. J. van Asch;J.-P. Malet;T. A. Bogaard

  • Sensitivity of the initiation and runout of flowslides in loose granular deposits to the content of small particles: An insight from flume tests

    Wei Hu;Gianvito Scaringi;Qiang Xu;Zhuan Pei

Frequent Co-Authors

L.P.H. van Beek
L.P.H. van Beek Utrecht University
Jean-Philippe Malet
Jean-Philippe Malet University of Strasbourg
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Thom Bogaard
Thom Bogaard Delft University of Technology
Victor Jetten
Victor Jetten University of Twente
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council
Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology
Walter W. Immerzeel
Walter W. Immerzeel Utrecht University
Norman Kerle
Norman Kerle University of Twente
Gonghui Wang
Gonghui Wang Kyoto University

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