Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Transport emission modelling based on a bottom-up approach to facilitate sustainable transport planning
(2025)Modelling road transport emissions is critical in designing sustainable policies. Traditional emission models follow a top-down approach by distributing the emissions for a region based on the vehicle stock. This ... -
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Examining barriers to electric vehicle adoption using vehicle and charging infrastructure data, owenership cost analysis, and electrical grid demand and environmental impact analyses
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2016)This thesis reports the results of research on the analysis of data emerging from electric vehicles (EV) and charging infrastructure and the applications of the data on the study of the impacts increasing numbers of EVs ... -
Towards the improved representation of manual window operation in open plan office buildings
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2017)Manually operated windows have an important part to play in the future of building development and design. This research sets out to improve the way in which manual window control is represented in building simulation ... -
Optimisation of earthworks for road schemes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2016)The principal objective of this thesis is the development of a stochastic risk assessment methodology for earthworks for roads schemes. The proposed methodology is intended to make the best possible use of past investigation ... -
Impact of highway drainage on wetland margins
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2017)The aim of this PhD is the development of a mimerical model tool to design and manage wetlands in relation to roads development through understanding their hydrological processes. The research is evaluating the hydraulic ... -
Innovation of a micro-hydropower turbine to recover energy from water distribution networks : exploration of a design and identification of its economic and environmental value
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2016)Energy consumption in water distribution networks (WDNs) is a widely publicised problem, one which results in the industry contributing high carbon emissions to the environment. Ways in which the carbon emissions of the ... -
Unique relationship between optimum compaction properties of fine-grained soils across rational compactive efforts: a validation study
(2024)Among the many proposals for estimating the compaction characteristics of fine-grained soils for different compaction energy levels (CELs), energy conversion (EC) models are gaining increased attention. These models work ... -
An integrated water resources, climate and land use changes model for Shannon River catchment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2017)The main goal of this research is to create an innovative and integrated environmental modelling framework and tool by applying Machine Learning Techniques to a Geographic Information system (GIS). This will allow the ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of a Photovoltaic/Thermal/Phase Change Material System
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2016)Hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) systems generate both electricity and heat simultaneously. Typically 15 - 18 % of solar radiation incident on a PV module is converted to electricity and 82 - 85 % is converted to heat. ... -
Validity of GPS data in driving cycles
(2024)There is continuous research into driving cycles (DCs) as researchers across the globe seek to define driving characteristics, energy consumption, and emissions in a local context. For decades, data collection for the ... -
An assessment of the potential of sustainable construction in Saudi Arabia with particular reference to the city of Mecca
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2017)Global construction industry is growing rapidly. Sustainable principles are applied in the developed world. However, these are absent in the majority of construction in the developing world. Saudi Arabia is the largest ... -
Optimisation of Luminescent Downshifting Layers for Large-scale PV Systems Integration
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2024)This research project aims to enhance Photovoltaic (PV) technology's power conversion efficiency by adding a Luminescent Downshifting Layer (LDS). An LDS increases the solar spectrum absorption range of a PV cell, enabling ... -
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF LOW-CARBON CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MADE WITH WASTE
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2024)Energy, food and water sustain modern human life. Oil refineries, power plants, food factories, and water purification plants run non-stop throughout the year providing the essential goods and commodities upon which modern ... -
Real-time anomaly detection of the stochastically excited systems on spherical (S2) manifold
(2024)Advanced analytical tools have become crucial in today’s constantly changing and complex systems. Real-time Principal Geodesic Analysis (RPGA) is a novel technique that provides a unique perspective for analyzing nonlinear ... -
Loss impact factors for lifetime seismic loss assessment of steel concentrically braced frames designed to EC8
(2019)This study employs multiple earthquake time-history response simulations, and the FEMA P-58 performance assessment methodology to evaluate the influence of key design parameters on the lifetime seismic repair costs incurred ... -
Design for Manufacture and Assembly with Design for Reuse
(Construct Innovate, 2024)This report examines the application of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in Ireland, how this can be enabled through Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and its relationship with Design for Reuse (DfR). MMCs ... -
Detecting and quantifying PM2.5 and NO2 contributions from train and road traffic in the vicinity of a major railway terminal in Dublin, Ireland
(2024)Air pollution from transport hubs is a recognised health concern for local urban inhabitants. Within the domain of transport hubs, significant attention has been given to larger airport and port settings, however concerns ... -
An Efficient Method for Calculating Hysteretic Dry Friction Response of Dynamic Systems Subjected to Combined Harmonic and Random Excitation
(2024)Many examples of dynamic analysis require modelling of dry friction. Often this is represented by a so-called Jenkins element or multiple Jenkins elements in parallel, which is sometimes termed a parallel-series Iwan ... -
Driving Green Change: Commercial Sector Adopting Electric Vehicles in Ireland
(2024)When examining pathways to decarbonise transport, one must examine users’ mobility and examine ways to enable them to adapt. Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is incentivised to help reach emission reduction targets; however, ...
