Prof. Em. Yves Zech

Universite Catholique de Louvain

Emeritus and Invited Professor

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About

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Flood Risk Management

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Advisor	2012-11-12	2017-08-22

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Flood Analysis in a Small Catchment Following the July 2021 Events in Belgium: Respective Contributions from Runoff and Overflowing	2024
Assessment of UAV-Based Photogrammetry for Bathymetry Measurements in Haiti: Comparison with Manual Surveys and Official Data	2022
Contribution of Ravines to the Flooding of Cavaillon City in Haiti	2022
Statistical analysis methods for transient flows – the dambreak case	2020
Dam-break flow experiments over mobile bed: velocity profile	2019
How to Characterize the Resilience of Cities in a Disadvantaged Environment? An Example in Haiti	2019
Statistical analysis methods for transient flows – the dam-break case	2019
Steady-flow experiments in urban areas and anisotropic porosity model	2017
Flow Modelling and Investigation of Flood Scenarios on the Cavaillon River, Haiti	2016
Impact of sediment transport formulations on breaching modelling	2015
2D Dam-Break Flows over Erodible Floodplain. Comparison of Two Shallow-Water Models Against Laboratory Experiments: A Saint-Venant – Exner Classical Approach and a Two-Layer Description	2013
Experimental Investigation of the Erosion of a Sand Dike by Overtopping	2013
The Gate Removal Effect in the Initial Instants of the Dam-Break Flow	2013
2D Two-Layer Shallow-Water Model with a Bank-Failure Operator for Dam-Break Waves on Mobile Beds	2012
Detailed Measurements of a Dam-Break Flow Numerical Simulation with Fluent Software	2012
Experimental and Numerical Modelling of the Velocity Distribution in the Dissipation Chamber of a Navigation Lock with Loop Culvert Filling	2012
Dam-break flow on mobile bed in abruptly widening channel: experimental data	2011
Diffusion and Dispersion in Compound Channels: The Role of Large Scale Turbulent Structures	2010
Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Simulation of the Propagation of a Hydraulic Jump over Mobile Bed	2009
Flood Wave Propagation in a Steep Mountain River: Comparison of Four Simulation Tools	2009
Non-Intrusive Measurements of Water Surface and Velocity Profiles in a Dambreak Flow	2009
Conservative Discretisation of Bed Slope Source Terms on Irregular Topographies	2007
Diffusion and Dispersion in Compound Channels: Preliminary Experimental Investigation	2007
Learning from the Past to Improve the Future an Ex-Post Analysis of the German Upper Rhine	2007
Dam-Break on a Movable Bed in Presence of an Initial Bed Discontinuity: Laboratory Experiments and Simulations with a Multi-Layer Shallow Water Model	2005
Morphological Evolution of Steep-Sloped River Beds in the Presence of a Hydraulic Jump: Numerical and Experimental Analysis	2005
Sedimentation in Pommeroeul-Conde Canal, Belgium. Installation of a Sediment Inflow Measurement Station	2005
Simulation of the Impact Case Study on the Tous Dam-Break Flow	2005
Periodic Turbulent Structures Modelling in a Symmetric Compound Channel	2001
Secondary-Current Impact on Momentum Transfer for Compound Channels Flow Modelling	2001
Adequacy of One-Dimensional Flow Modelling in Compound Channels Near Critical Depth	1999
Coupled 1-D and 2-D Modelling of a Navigation-Lock Filling and Emptying	1999
Effects of a Sharp Bend on Dam-Break Flow	1999

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IAHR Awards

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