Civil Structural & Environ Eng: Recent submissions
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Re-open our city and campus post-Covid: A case study of Trinity college Dublin, the University of Dublin
(2021)Dublin, Ireland, like most other large cities has undergone lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Ongoing physical distancing requirements, as cities reopens, has resulted in a collapse to transit’s capacity and ... -
Usage patterns and preferences of car sharing: A case study of Dublin
(2021)The popularity of mobility sharing services are growing rapidly around the world. Car, bike and scooter sharing services and movements towards the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) model have all shown the potential in these ... -
Review of recent developments and understanding of Atterberg limits determinations
(2021)Among the most commonly specified tests in the geotechnical engineering industry, the liquid limit and plastic limit tests are principally used for (i) deducing useful design parameter values from existing correlations ... -
Geomechanical behaviour of uncemented expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads?clayey soil mixtures as lightweight fill
(2021)Lightweight fill can be advantageous in embankment construction for the purposes ofreducing the (i) bearing pressures on the underlying soil foundation, (ii) destabilizing moments forconstructed earthen slopes, and (iii) ... -
The impact of labour market disruptions and transport choice on the environment during Covid-19
(2021)Since late 2019, COVID-19 has devastated the global economy, with indirect implications for the environment. As governments’ prioritized health and implemented measures such as the closure of non-essential businesses and ... -
Nonlinear model predictive control to reduce pitch actuation of floating offshore wind turbines
(2020)Modern-day wind turbines use active pitch control to reduce mechanical loads on the turbines in addition to regulating generator power. These control algorithms increase blade pitch actuation, primarily to reduce the 1P ... -
A Hydrogeological Study of Irish Holy wells
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2021)The overall aim of the research was to characterise the hydrogeology and water chemistry of Irish holy wells. The first main research task was an analysis of the distribution of Irish holy wells (listed in a national ... -
Local NO2 concentrations and asthma among over-50s in Ireland: A microdata analysis
(2021)Background: Links between air pollution and asthma are less well established for older adults than some younger groups. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are widely used as an indicator of transport-related air pollution, ... -
Dealing with latency effects in travel time prediction on motorways
(2020)Real-time traffic information is now a crucial part of operating a road network. The quality, accuracy and reliability of such information is critical to the road operators and users. Real-time travel time prediction methods ... -
Energy performance, environmental impact and cost of a range of insulation materials
(2021)The need for the selection of an appropriate insulation is becoming more important as environmental problems continue to grow. This paper investigates insulation performance in terms of heating energy requirement, environmental ... -
Using Floating Bike Data to Determine Cyclist Exposure to Poor Air Quality
(2021)Introduction: The World Health Organisation (WHO) claims that 9 out of 10 people breath air containing high levels of pollutants, while air pollution itself is responsible for around 7 million premature deaths every year ... -
Identifying Hotspots of Transport Disadvantage and Car Dependency in Rural Ireland
(2021)This paper explores the concepts of car dependency and transport disadvantage and the correlation between them in rural Ireland as a means of highlighting incidences of possible forced car ownership with the use of ... -
The influence of residual loads on the axial load?displacement response of piles in sand
(Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 2015)This paper investigates the effects of residual loads developed during installation on the axial load–displacement response of displacement piles at two sites. At the first site, open- and closed-ended piles ... -
A study of the parameters that determine the reactivity of sugarcane bagasse ashes (SCBA) for use as a binder in construction
(2020)This paper intends to contribute to the use of waste, as binder replacement, to lower the negative environmental impact of construction. Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) is an agricultural waste which has been reported as ... -
Micromobility and public transport integration: the current state of knowledge
(2020)Cities globally are grappling with the negative externalities of car travel and are therefore striving to move towards a more sustainable urban transportation system. The introduction and popularity of new personal transport ... -
Wastewater as a thermal resource: Exploitation strategies, design methodologies & prototype development
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Disc of Civil Structural & Environmental Eng, 2020)The disruption of the climate was identified as one of nine planetary boundaries, and is one for which we are reaching the limits of safe operation on this planet. To that effect the European Commission launched the European ... -
Improved geotechnical behavior of an expansive soil amended with tire-derived aggregates having different gradations
(2020)This experimental laboratory study examines the potential use of tire-derived aggregate (TDA) products as an additive to alleviate the inferior geotechnical properties of a subgrade deposit of clay soil with high ... -
Discussion: A novel formula for the prediction of swelling pressure of compacted expansive soils
(2020)Recently, Elsaidy et al. (2019) have proposed a novel empirical model–that is, equation (6) in the original manuscript–for the prediction of the one-dimensional swelling pressure of compacted expansive soils. A total of ...
