Dr Andrea Pasqua
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Research Associate
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Full contact details
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
E110B
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Andrea Pasqua is a Research Associate in Offshore Geohazards. He obtained his PhD at Politecnico di Torino after three years of study. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he continued his tenure at Politecnico di Torino for an additional year, contributing to Italy's recovery and resilience plan whose focus was on debris flows and their impact on local communities.
His PhD research involved the study of debris flows and their impact on mitigation structures using continuum numerical models. He personally implemented critical components of a continuum 3D CFD model and a depth-averaged model. This allowed for a comprehensive exploration of landslide dynamics, particularly in understanding the interaction between landslides and structures for risk mitigation purposes. Additionally, he conducted extensive investigations into rheological laws, with a keen focus on granular rheologies, to elucidate their role in landslide behaviour across various frameworks.
This immersive research experience not only refined his programming skills in object-oriented languages but also deepened his understanding of mathematical concepts and rheological laws essential for comprehending landslide phenomena. Moreover, he developed proficiency in Java and regularly utilise MATLAB or Python for data visualisation and analysis in his academic endeavours.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The impact of debris flow on mitigation structures: a novel depth-averaged and three-dimensional coupled model for the flow dynamic simulation .
- Debris flow: Simulating the mitigation properties of vegetation. E3S Web of Conferences, 415, 04008-04008.
- Coupling depth-averaged and 3D numerical models for the simulation of granular flows. Computers and Geotechnics, 149. View this article in WRRO
- Coupling Depth-Averaged and 3D models for debris flow: a multi-domain strategy .
- The impact of debris flow on mitigation structures: a novel depth-averaged and three-dimensional coupled model for the flow dynamic simulation .