Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Environmental geotechnics: challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 world
(2021)The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic not only has created a health crisis across the world but is also expected to impact negatively the global economy and societies at a scale that is maybe ... -
Design and Characterization of a Roof-Mounted Compound Parabolic Concentrator with Phase Change Material
(2018)This paper presents the design, fabrication and performance of a roof mounted compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) with and without Phase Change Material (PCM) for electricity generation. A truncated Asymmetric ... -
Defining critical parameters in a luminescent downshifting layer for PV enhancement
(2021)This paper presents the study and evaluation of luminescent down shifting (LDS) layers doped with organic dyes and their compatibility with different types of solar cells. In this study commercial dyes in the Lumogen-F ... -
Compound Parabolic Concentrator Design: Assessment of Performance Enhancement for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
(2021)Improvement of state-of-the-art sustainable energy technology is required to accelerate the essential global transition away from fossil fuel energy sources. One potential method to increase the energy ... -
Gold Nanorods for application in Plasmonic Luminescent Solar Concentrators
(2017)Luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device is based on energy down shifting phenomenon with a primary goal of trapping, and concentrating solar radiation. The trapped light is guided to the photovoltaic cell through total ... -
Characterisation of Luminescent Downshifting Layer effects on Silicon Solar Cells
(2021)This paper presents the effects of the characteristics of a polymer layer applied to a silicon based dual connection solar cell. The characteristics of the polymer solution of which is used as the base of a Luminescent ... -
External Quantum Efficiency Measurements and Outdoor Characterisation for PV Luminescent Downshifting Devices
(2019)In this paper, LDS layers (100 ± 05 μm) of Violet Lumogen dye encapsulated into PMMA polymer with different concentrations, 0.082, 0.044 and 0.170% w/w, were prepared by drop casting onto glass substrates. Layers were ... -
Design and Characterization of a Roof-Mounted Compound Parabolic Concentrator
(2021)This paper presents the design, fabrication and performance of a roof mounted compound parabolic concentrators (CPC) for electricity generation. A truncated Asymmetric Compound Parabolic Concentrator with concentration ... -
An objective framework for determination of the air-entry value from the soil?water characteristic curve
(2021)The air-entry value (AEV) suction, marking the transition between saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics, is arguably the most important parameter interpreted from the soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC); its accurate ... -
MAPPING AND MONITORING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF WETLANDS USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2021)Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services for the world, but in recent years, due to direct human activities as well as global warming and other climatic variations, there has been significant ongoing reductions in ... -
Hydropower Energy Recovery from Water Supply Networks Using Pump-As-Turbines: Optimal Selection, Prediction of Global Efficiency, Economic Viability and Large-Scale Resource Assessment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2021)It is well documented in the literature that the drinking water sector is among the most energy intensive sectors in developed countries. This is because all processes involved in their operation such as extraction, treatment ... -
Geotechnics: Welcome to a new open access journal for a growing multidisciplinary community
(2021)On behalf of the editorial board and MDPI Publishing, may we extend a very warm welcome to this first editorial of Geotechnics—a new and international, open access, scholarly journal aimed at showcasing and nurturing ... -
Sustainable concrete with solely recycled and by-product constituents
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2021)Humans since ancient times have explored their surrounding materials throughout experiments and accumulated experience in the practice of construction, thereby recognizing the characteristics of building materials which ... -
Discussion: The effect of surface roughness and shear rate during fall-cone calibration
(2022)The fall-cone test is one of the most popular methods used to characterise fine-grained soils. Traditionally, the fall-cone has been used to determine the liquid limit. However, the undrained shear strength of a given soil ... -
Origin and technology of the Georgian brick at Fade Mansion, Dublin, built c. 1728
(2021)This paper studies the provenance and firing technol- ogy of the Fade Mansion brick. The microstructure was studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mineral associations and transformation were ... -
Safety of autonomous vehicles: what are the insights from experienced industry professionals?
(2021)Many drivers support the push towards the automation of transportation. Technology and automotive companies, the general public, and governments are all seen as the main groups pushing the automation revolution forward. ... -
Modeling the compaction characteristics of fine-grained soils blended with tire-derived aggregates
(2021)This study aims at modeling the compaction characteristics of fine-grained soils blended with sand-sized (0.075–4.75 mm) recycled tire-derived aggregates (TDAs). Model development and calibration were performed using a ... -
Reappraisal of the ASTM/AASHTO standard rolling device method for plastic limit determination of fine-grained soils
(2021)Given its apparent limitations, various attempts have been made to develop alternative testing approaches to the standardized rolling-thread plastic limit (PLRT) method (for fine-grained soils), targeting higher degrees ...
